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CHURCHILL - AMBEDKAR TALKS
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar met Mr. Churchill and apprised him of the miserable conditions of the Untouchables in India. The press report of the talk is as under : Editors.
LONDON, November 4 : Dr. Ambedkar, the Scheduled Castes leader, said today, that he had expressed his views for separate representation of the Depressed Classes in the Provincial Government to Mr. Winston Churchill, leader of the British Conservative Party.
The meeting, he said, took place at Mr. Churchill’s country home at Westerham, Kent, where he had lunch and spent the best part of the day with the war leader.’ I found Mr. Churchill very sympathetic, ‘he said.’ [1]
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1 : The Times of India, Wednesday, dated 6th November 1946, P. 5 Reprinted : Khairmode, Vol. 8, Pp. 139.