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Tributes paid to Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 69th Mahaparinirvan Diwas

Pune, Dec 6 (UNI) On the occasion of the 69th Mahaparinirvan Diwas of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, Bharat Ratna, tributes were paid at Siddharth Nagar, Bavdhan, here on Saturday. The event was jointly organized by the Republican Party of India (Aathawale), Vikas Pratishthan, and Sujata Mahila Mandal, Bavdhan.
The programme began with dignitaries offering floral tributes to the portrait of Dr Ambedkar followed by a collective recitation of Buddha Vandana by all attendees.
Present on the occasion were Bavdhan police station Senior Police Inspector Anil Vibhute, Chairman of Periwinkle Group of Schools Rajendra Bandal, former corporator Kiran Dagade Patil, youth leader Suryakant Bhunde, former Sarpanch Vaishali Kamble, RPI (A) Maharashtra Pradesh Yuvak Aghadi organizer Umesh Kamble, and other dignitaries.
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