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A budding lawyer as you were, with a vast future, you resked your all by throwing yourself whole-heartedly in the struggle for relieving the distressed from the oppressed. In doing so, you did not halt to realies that you were antagonizing your future dicute, viz. the touchable classes, for a fight in the interest of the Depressed Classes, is a fight against the so called caste Hindus Little did anyone then realise that your efforts, in a short space of two decades, would result in the recognition of the rights of the Depressed Classes as a living entity necessitating a seat on the highest Executive of the country.
The procession from the Rallway Station Nagpur to the Conference Pandal and the grand attendance at the Conference Session are testimony of the extent to which you are held in esteem by the people of our Communities. This spontaneous expression is but a little expression of the devotion of our classes to you for what you have done. You are more than a creator to us. We were thrown by the creator in a bottom-less abyss, but unlike him you have done everything to lift us upon of it.
We can find in history no equal to you in respect of your heart and, who for no other reason than service to our classes, has been as liberal as you, in keeping open the purse freely and devoting all life and every for our cause : Words fail us to open our hearts and give expression to our feelings. Suffice it to say that if there be any living god on earth, he is personified in you.
We again offer you our sincere and heartfelt gratitude and wish you a long life so that your mission on this earth may be fulfilled.
We Beg to Remain,
Our most beloved BABASAHEB
Your most grateful and devoted followers,
CHARMAN and MEMBERS
of the Reception Committee of the ALL India Depressed Classes Conference.
NAGPUR
The 20th July, 1942
इस मानपत्र का जवाब देते हुए डॉ. अम्बेडकर ने कहा-
इस तरह का मानपत्र मुझे देने की आवश्यकता है क्या यह सोचता हूं तो मुझे अचरज महसूस होता है। शुभचिंतन (Toasts) और मानपत्र (Address) के पीछे एक विशेष इतिहास है। खासकर शुभ कामना- स्वास्थ्य कामना के साथ तो वह जुड़ा ही है। अंग्रेज समाज में राजा के स्वास्थ्य और दीर्घायु की कामना करने का उनके यहां रिवाज है। गृहयुद्ध के बाद, फिर से प्रस्थापित होने के दौरान, यह शुरू हुआ। पहले तो यह प्रथा दबाव के कारण शुरू हुई और राजा के खिलाफ विद्रोह करने वाले अंग्रेज सैनिकों पर वह