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{{Short description|Indian university in Aurangabad, Maharashtra}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox university
|name = Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
|native_name = Ḍŏ. Bābāsāhēb Āmbēḍakar Marāṭhavāḍā Vidyāpīṭh
|image = Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University logo.png
|motto = "Knowledge is sacred and is the source of enlightenment"
|established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|1958}}
|type = [[Public university|Public]]/government
|chancellor = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
|vice_chancellor = Prof. Pramod Yeole<ref>{{cite news |title=डॉ. प्रमोद येवले यांची डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर मराठवाडा विद्यापीठाच्या कुलगुरुपदी नियुक्ती |url=https://www.loksatta.com/maharashtra-news/dr-dr-pramod-yeoles-dr-babasaheb-ambedkar-appointed-marathwada-university-vice-chancellor-msr-87-1931371/lite/ |access-date=17 July 2019 |work=[[Loksatta]] |date=15 July 2019 |language=mr}}</ref>
|city = [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] {{coord|19|54|17.88|N|75|18|43.62|E|type:edu_region:IN|}}
|country = [[India]]
|students =
|campus = [[Urban areas|Urban]], total 725 acres (2.9339 km<sup>2</sup>)
|affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]], [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]], [[Association of Indian Universities|AIU]]
|website= http://www.bamu.ac.in
}}
'''Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University''' ('''BAMU'''), formerly '''Marathwada University''', is located in [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. It is named after [[B. R. Ambedkar]], an Indian jurist, political leader, academic and the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the [[Indian Constitution]]. The university was established on 23 August 1958. This university has contributed to the progress of adjoining regions and people in innumerable ways. Since its inception, the university has around 456 colleges affiliated<ref name="Webportal of university">{{cite web|last=University|first=Website|title=Dr.BAMU Affiliated Colleges|url=http://www.bamu.net/college_list.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084810/http://bamu.net/college_list.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2012}}</ref> to it, which come under four districts (Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed and Osmanabad) of Maharashtra State.

==History==
[[File:Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's statue in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.jpg|thumb|Central statue of [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar]] in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.]]
[[File:Central statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, India.png|thumb|Central statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.]]
[[File:Namantar Shahid Stambh and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University gate.png|thumb|Namantar Shahid Stambh is Namantar martyrs monolith in front of university gate erected in memory of the valour and the sacrifice of Dalit martyrs.]]

There were nine colleges in Marathwada, listed below, all affiliated with [[Osmania University]] at [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in current [[Telangana]] state. In response to demand of the public in Marathwada region for a university, the government appointed on 27 April 1957 a committee with the charter to provide recommendations regarding establishment of such a university. The governor of [[Bombay state]] signed the Marathwada University Act on 5 May 1958. Shri [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first Prime Minister of India, inaugurated Marathwada University on 23 August 1958 at Aurangabad on the premises of the temporary main building of the university.

S.R. Dongerkery became the first vice-chancellor. Affiliation of the following nine colleges was transferred from Osmania University to the newly formed Marathwada University:
* The Government College of Arts and Science, Aurangabad (established in 1923).
* The Milind Mahavidyalaya, Aurangabad (established in 1950).
* The People's College, Nanded (established in 1950).
* The Government College of Education, Aurangabad (established in 1954).
* The Marathwada College of Agriculture, Parbhani (established in 1956).
* The Manikchand Pahade Law College, Aurangabad (established in 1956).
* The Government Medical College, Aurangabad (established in 1956).
* The Yogeshwari Science College, Mominabad (established in 1956).
* The Arts and S.B.L. Commerce College, Jalna (established in 1958).

===Namantar Andolan===
{{Main|Namantar Andolan}}
In 1978, the Maharashtra Chief Minister, the state legislature and University administration approved the renaming University after B. R. Ambedkar.<ref name=Damle>{{cite journal|last=Damle|first=Y.B.|title=Holocaust in Marathwada|journal=ICSSR Research Abstracts Quarterly|date=January–June 1994|volume=XXIII|url=http://www.unipune.ac.in/snc/cssh/HistorySociology/A%20DOCUMENTS%20ON%20HISTORY%20OF%20SOCIOLOGY%20IN%20INDIA/A%206%20Primary%20sources/C)%20Published%20and%20Unpublished%20Papers%20of%20Y.B.Damle/1)%20Published%20Papers/A%206%20C%201%2018.pdf|access-date=29 October 2013|publisher=Indian Council of Social Science and Research}}</ref> This decision was strongly opposed by [[Hindu]] community<ref name="Samiti">{{cite journal |title=The Marathwada Riots: A Report |author=Atyachar Virodh Samiti |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=14 |issue=19 |date=12 May 1979 |pages=845–852 |jstor=4367590}} {{subscription required}}</ref> resulting in the anti-[[Dalit]] [[pogrom]].<ref name="Jaoul2008">{{cite journal |first=Nicolas |last=Jaoul |url=http://samaj.revues.org/1892 |title=The 'Righteous Anger' of the Powerless: Investigating Dalit Outrage over Caste Violence |journal=South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal |year=2008 |issue=2 |access-date=10 May 2013|doi=10.4000/samaj.1892 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The [[Namantar Andolan]] was the renaming movement raised by Dalits for 16 years. On 14 January 1994 the University name was renamed as "Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University".<ref name="Shastree1996">{{cite book |last=Shastree |first=Uttara |year=1996 |title=Religious Converts in India: Socio-political Study of Neo-Buddhists |publisher=Mittal Publications |pages=100–101 |isbn=9788170996293 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYInC70BSEgC&pg=PA100}}</ref>

==Library==
Knowledge Resource Centre is the main library of the University. The University library was founded in the year 1958 as the Varsity library. The University library houses some old books dating all the way back to the year 1600. Recently Knowledge Resource Centre subscribed to the World E-book Library through a Noida-based company, which will enable the students to access over 300,000 e-books including journals and other documents.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nitnaware |first1=Himanshu |title=Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University set to open dedicated research e-library tomorrow |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Dr-Babasaheb-Ambedkar-Marathwada-University-set-to-open-dedicated-research-e-library-tomorrow/articleshow/22059771.cms |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=26 August 2013 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=University Library|url=http://www.bamu.ac.in/facilities/library.htm|publisher=BAM University|access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref>

==Coat of arms==

The university's coat of arms bears the following emblems:
* An Ajanta Arch with the university motto inscribed in its base. The arch is a symbol of the glory of the art of painting and sculpture which reached their acme in the Ajanta Caves.
* An open book lying on a book-rest, symbolising learning.
* A sheaf of [[jowar]], representing agriculture, the chief means of livelihood of the people of Marathwada.
* Two elephants, representing the strength of purpose of the people of Marathwada.
* A wheel representing progress.

==Academics and departments==
BAMU has 56 departments running in its Campus and Sub-Campus. On 5 August 2004, a subcenter of BAMU was established at [[Osmanabad]]. It has been temporarily started at Government Ayurvedic College in Osmanabad. It has ten PG departments including Computer Science and IT, Physics and Chemistry.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

==Student halls of residence==
There are separate halls of residence for both boys and girls enrolled at the university.<ref>{{cite web|last=Facilities|first=Hall of Residence|title=Hostels|url=http://www.bamu.net/facilities/hostel.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014065547/http://bamu.net/facilities/hostel.htm|archive-date=14 October 2012}}</ref>

== Notable alumni ==

* [[Makarand Anaspure]]
* [[Ravindra Gaikwad]]
* [[Sunil Gaikwad]]
* [[Imtiyaz Jaleel]]
* [[Madhusudan Manikrao Kendre]]
* [[Fouzia Khan]]
* [[Irfan ur Rahman Khan]]
* [[Gangadhar Pantawane]]
* [[Nirupama Rao]]
* [[Sukhadeo Thorat]]
* [[Varsha Usgaonkar]]
* [[Janardan Waghmare]]

==See also==
* [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra]]
* [[Marathwada University Ground]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.bamu.net/ BAMU website]

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