COLUMBIA250 COLUMBIANS AHEAD OF THEIR TIME

neerajpaul Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:39 pm

Columbia250 Shaping The World

In its evolution from a tiny college to one of the world's finest research universities, Columbia and its people have helped shape the modern world.

http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/shaping_the_world/index.html

"Ambedkar was a leader in the struggle for Indian independence, the architect of the new nation's constitution, and the champion of civil rights for the 60 million members of the "untouchable" caste, to which he belonged."

http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/bhimrao_ambedkar.html

Bust of Ambedkar given to Columbia

"Ambedkar personified many of the qualities of spirit, mind and heart which animate the ideals and work of the United Nations. He was a fervent believer, and example, of the innate right of human beings to aspirations and the means to their fulfillment." - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former U.N. Secretary-General and also a Columbia alumnus

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol21/vol21_iss9/record2109.21.html

Bombay Academic Visits Statue of Indian Patriot, Alumnus Ambedkar

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/00/12/ambedkar.html

nikhil_sablania Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:06 pm

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COLUMBIA250 COLUMBIANS AHEAD OF THEIR TIME

COLUMBIA250 COLUMBIANS AHEAD OF THEIR TIME

Thanks Neeraj