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{{Short description|Indian social activist, engineer and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Anandraj Ambedkar
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|06|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]] (now [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]), India
| residence = {{•}} 129, [[Rajgruha]], [[Hindu colony]], [[Dadar]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
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| office = President of the [[Republican Sena]]
| term_start = 21 November 1998
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| party = {{ubl|Republican Sena|[[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]]}}
| profession = [[Engineer]], [[Politician]], and Social worker
| spouse = Manisha Ambedkar
| children = 2
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| nationality = [[India|Indian]]
| relations = {{ubl|[[B. R. Ambedkar]]<br>(grandfather)|[[Prakash Ambedkar]]<br>(brother)|[[Anand Teltumbde]]<br>(brother-in-law)|See also '''[[Ambedkar family]]'''}}
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| parents = {{ubl|[[Yashwant Ambedkar]]|Meera Ambedkar}}
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'''Anandraj Yashwant Ambedkar''' (born 2 June 1967) is an Indian social activist, engineer and politician from [[Maharashtra]]. He is head of the [[Republican Sena]] (tran: The "Republican Army").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loksatta.com/aurangabad-news/anandraj-ambedkar-comment-on-reservation-in-politics-1661630/|title=राजकीय आरक्षण काढून टाकावे – आनंदराज आंबेडकर|date=12 April 2018}}</ref><ref>http://newindianexpress.com thesundaystandard/article328665.ece</ref> He is the grandson of [[B. R. Ambedkar]], the father of the [[Indian Constitution]]. His supporters occupied the Indu Mill land at [[Dadar]] in 2011 to highlight the long-pending demand for the [[Statue of Equality]] memorial of [[B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-49758620|title=बाबासाहेब आंबेडकरांचं इंदू मिलमधलं स्मारक 2020 पर्यंत पूर्ण होणार का?|first=रोहन|last=टिल्लू|date=15 October 2019|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-49945811|title=महाराष्ट्र चुनाव: शिवाजी, आंबेडकर, बाल ठाकरे के स्मारकों पर राजनीति|first=मयूरेश|last=कोण्णुर|date=6 October 2019|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> Anandraj Ambedkar also works in the [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]], headed by his elder brother [[Prakash Ambedkar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lokmat.com/nagpur/maharashtra-assembly-election-2019-bjp-implemented-wrong-policies-anandraj-ambedkar/|title=Maharashtra Assembly Election 2019 : भाजपने चुकीची धोरणे राबविली : आनंदराज आंबेडकर|date=15 October 2019|website=Lokmat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esakal.com/marathwada/congress-have-decide-they-have-come-us-or-not-says-anandraj-ambedkar-173239|title=आमच्यासोबत यायचे की नाही हे काँग्रेसने ठरवायचे : आनंदराज आंबेडकर | eSakal|website=www.esakal.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/kolhapur-western-maharashtra-news/solapur/anandraj-ambedkar-slams-ncp-chief-sharad-pawar-for-destroying-ambedkari-movement/articleshow/68720654.cms|title=शरद पवार यांनी आंबेडकरी चळवळीची पिढी बरबाद केली: आनंदराज आंबेडकर|date=4 April 2019|website=Maharashtra Times}}</ref>

==Life==
{{See also|Ambedkar family}}

Anandraj Ambedkar is the grandson of [[B. R. Ambedkar]] and [[Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar|Ramabai Ambedkar]]. His father's name is [[Yashwant Ambedkar]] (Bhaiyasaheb) and mother's name is Meera Ambedkar. He is married to Manisha Ambedkar, with whom he has two sons, Sahil and Aman. The [[Ambedkar family]] are followers of [[Navayana]] [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/Vemulas-mom-brother-embrace-Buddhism-on-Ambedkar-Jayanti/articleshow/51832628.cms|title=Vemula's mom, brother embrace Buddhism on Ambedkar Jayanti - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-10-10}}</ref> He has two brothers [[Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar|Prakash Ambedkar]] and Bhimrao Ambedkar, and a sister Ramabai who is married to [[Anand Teltumbde]].<ref name=washp>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/he-is-a-prominent-anti-modi-intellectual-the-indian-government-wants-him-behind-bars/2019/02/20/e2b5dbe4-2e47-11e9-8781-763619f12cb4_story.html |title=He is a prominent anti-Modi intellectual. The Indian government wants him behind bars. |first=Niha |last=Masih |date=21 February 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |quote=Teltumbde has been swept up in a government crackdown on lawyers and activists. The activists targeted in the investigation are advocates for India's most disadvantaged communities, including indigenous tribal people and Dalits, once called 'untouchables.' They also are vocal critics of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.}}</ref>

==Education==
Anandraj Ambedkar 10th passed in 1985 from Raja Shivaji School in Pune. In 1987, he passed 12th class from Ruiya College. Later, In 1991, received degree Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from VJTI in Mumbai. In 1993, graduated from Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (Mumbai).

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