४२० डॉ. वाबासाहेव आंवेडकर लेखन आणि भाषणे
are really the means of such benefits as Wwe have so far achieved.
A budding lawyer as you were, with a vast future, you risked 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 realise
that you were antagonising your future clients, ४2. the touchable Classes,
for a fight in the interests of the Depressed Classes, is a fight against the
so called caste Hindus. Little did any one 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 Railway 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 peopls of our Communities. This spontaneous expression is but a little expres- sion 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 up out ofit.
Wecantfindin history no equalto youin respectofyourheadandheart, 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 energy 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 fiving God on earth, he is personified in you
We again offer you our sincere and heartfelt gratitude and wish youa long life so that your mission on this earth may be fulfilled
WE BEG TO REMAIN,
Our Most beloved BABA SAHEB,
Your most grateful and devoted followers,
| CHAIRMAN and MEMBERS NAGPUR. of the Reception Committee of the The 20th July, 1942. All India Depressed Classes Conference.
सदरहू मानपत्राला उत्तर देताना डॉ. आंबेडकर म्हणाले,
ह्या प्रकारचे मानपत्र मला देण्याची काही आवश्यकता आहे याचे मला नवल वाटते. शुभचितन (10855) व मानपत्र (५०५०७५५) यांच्या पाठीमागे एक विशेष इतिहास आहे, विशेषतः शुभचिंतन-आरोग्यचितन याच्या पाठीमागे तर आहेच. इंग्लिश समाजामध्ये राजाच्या आयुरारोग्य शुभचितनाचा रिवाज असल्याचे आपणास दिसून येते. ही प्रथा गृहयुद्धानंतर व पुन्हा प्रस्थापित झालेल्या काळात सुरू झाली. मुळात ही प्रथा दबावाखाली सुरू झाली आणि राजाविरूद्ध बंडाळी करणाऱ्या इंग्रज सैनिकांवर ती बळजबरीने लादण्यात