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Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.

B. R. Ambedkar

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B. R. Ambedkar
Age: 65 †
Born: 1891
Born: April 14
Died: 1956
Died: December 6
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