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City celebrates Ambedkar’s 119th birth anniversary Express News Service Posted online: Thursday , Apr 15, 2010 at 0525 hrs Pune : Social organisations and political parties in the city celebrated the 119th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar on Wednesday. Events like public meetings, tree plantation and distribution of notebooks to needy students were carried out on the occasion. In a public meeting, state president of Matang Front of Republican Party of India Hanumant Sathe said the country remained united because of the Constitution Of India written by Ambedkar. Sathe garlanded the statue of Ambedkar near collector’s office. Around 5,000 students of Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society participated in a rally from Azam campus to Ambedkar statue near collector’s office. In the rally led by Latif Magdum, students carried posters saying ‘Educate, Organise and Fight for Rights’; ‘Long Live Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’. The National Social Justice Forum carried out a tree plantation drive. Vice-president of Pune Cantonment Board Sangeeta Pawar was the chief guest. Vande Mataram organisation distributed 200 copies of Sambhaji Chougule’s book on Dr Ambedkar. Bapusaheb Chindhe presided over the function. President of Akhil Bharatiya Samajwadi Adhyapak Sabha Bhai Vaidya inaugurated the drinking water facility at Ambedkar’s statue near collector’s office. Awami Mahaj provided the facility. Janmanch Foundation distributed notebooks and fruits to students residing in Dandekar bridge slums. While Pune Navnirman Sena distributed food to around 2,500 activists, Janseva Cooperative Bank distributed cold drinks. Social organisations like Maratha Mahasabha, Bauddha Dhamma Seva Sangh, Akhil Bhimpura Bhimsainik, Maharashtra Rajya Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Dalit Mitra Sangh, Akhil Bharatiya Mahatma Phule Samata Parishad, Samajwadi Janparishad, Rashtriya Dalit Congress garlanded Ambedkar’s statue. Party workers of minorities’ cell of Pune City Congress Committee, scheduled caste and scheduled tribe cell of NCP and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena also organised various programmes to pay tribute to Ambedekar. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/