412 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
which has been held down by the opponents in all stubbornness to a state of degradation and whose efforts to rise have been ruthlessly frustrated all along by orthodex Hinduism. This appeal in the interests of the Depressed Classes is not merely to Hindus or to Indians. It is made to all members of the British Empire whose prime liablility the Depressed Classes are. It is also an appeal to Europeans and to Americans as well. It is an appeal to all who look upon it as their duty to befriend and advance the cause of fallen, or what may be more appropriately called, “felled [” ] humanity, and the Institute trust that this appeal will not go in vain. The sum needed is considerable. But it is not beyond the capacity of many if they joined to share the burden.
Last year this appeal succeeded in eliciting, within a very short time, the following donations :
H. H. Sir Tukojirao Holkar ex-Maharaja of Indore £ 360
H. H. the Nawab of Bhopal ... ... £ 200
H. H. the Aga khan ... ... £ 175
H. H. the Maharaja of Baroda ... ... £ 150
H. H. the Maharaja of Bikaner ... ... £ 100
H. H. the Maharaja of Kashmir ... ... £ 100
H. H. the Maharaja of Patiala ... ... £ 100
Sir Cowasji Jehangir ... ... £ 75
Maharajadhiraj of Darbhanga ... ... £ 50
The Chief of Sangli ... ... £ 25
All these donations are gratefully acknowledged and it is hoped that this generous response will be followed up by another more generous than the last.
B. R. AMBEDKAR, President, Depressed Classes Institute. Permanent Address DAMODAR HALL, PAREL, BOMBAY 12, November 1931. INDIA.
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