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out for his avatar (incarnation) to redeem them from the slouch of despondency. That has made the Hindu community helpless in face of calamity.
I don’t want you to follow such a ruinous teaching. I don’t want you to be dependent on any single personality for your salvation. Your salvation must lie in your own hands, through your own efforts.” [1]
“In conclusion, Dr. Ambedkar uttered a note of warning to the British Government as well as the Hindus. The British Government, he said, ought to remember that at the time of the transference of power, the Depressed Classes should be given adequate guarantees. If they did not, the Depressed Classes would fight the British with every means in their power. If the Hindus gave adequate guarantees to the Depressed Classes, they would fight their battles shoulder to shoulder with them. Otherwise there would be no compromise with them.
The Jubilee Committee organised for the purpose of celebrating Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s 50th birthday presented him this evening with a purse of Rs. 580 at a Mammoth Meeting of his followers, at Kamagar Maidan. Mr. M. V. Donde, Municipal Corporator presided.” [2]
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1 : Bombay Sentinel (Bombay), dated 28th April 1942.
2 : The Bombay Chronical, dated 27th April 1942.