“Every progress has its bill of costs and only those who pay for it will have that progress.”

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in the Bombay Legislature https://archive.org/stream/Ambedkar_CompleteWorks/13A.%20Dr.%20Ambedkar%20in%20the%20Bombay%20Legislature%20PART%20I_djvu.txt

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Father of republic India, champion of human rights, father … 1891–1956

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