Ambedkar publicly acknowledged even Gandhi’s sympathy as meaningful to the spurned

Evidence

Speaking at a Depressed Classes Conference in 1925, Ambedkar said: “When one is spurned by everyone, even the sympathy shown by Mahatma Gandhi is of no little importance.” Cited in Jaffrelot 2005, 63. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 551

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• DEFINE: Shows the nuanced, context-bound nature of Ambedkar’s stance toward Gandhi — a counterexample to later hardening.

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