evidence: Celebrated on April 14th annually, Ambedkar Jayanti, also referred to as Bhim Jayanti, honours the memory of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the first Law Minister of Independent India and the principal architect of the Indian Constitution. Often referred as ‘Father of Indian Constitution’, will celebrate his 134th birthday on Sunday, April 14, 2024. [...] History of Ambedkar Jayanti - The First Festivity in 1928: Social activist Janardan Sadashiv Ranapisay has been associated with organising the first-ever public celebration of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, which took place in Pune on April 14, 1928. This occasion signalled the beginning of a custom that Ambedkar’s supporters carried on in the years that followed.