Baroda’s Maharaja funded Ambedkar’s education and opened schools for Untouchables
Evidence
The reference is to the Maharaja of Baroda, Sayajirao Gaekwad (1863–1939), who pioneered social reform by opening eighteen special schools for Untouchables in his state, and supported Ambedkar’s education—both in India (with a stipend of twenty-five rupees for Ambedkar’s B.A. at Elphinstone College, Bombay) and abroad (his M.A. and Ph.D. at Columbia University, on a scholarship of 11.5 British pounds per month for three years, in 1913–16). — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1217
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the broader theme of elite Indian princes (like Baroda) funding Dalit uplift — echoes patron-relations dynamics seen in other sources about funding emancipatory projects. — connects to: The Baroda Maharaja funded Ambedkar’s elite education.; Baroda’s Maharaja funded Ambedkar’s education at Elphinstone and Columbia; Kolhapur’s Maharaja pioneered caste reservation policy from 1902 — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 317
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Baroda Maharaja funded Ambedkar’s elite education.; Baroda’s Maharaja funded Ambedkar’s education at Elphinstone and Columbia; Kolhapur’s Maharaja pioneered caste reservation policy from 1902 — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 317