Mangalore, April 14, 2013: Rich tributes were paid to the Father of the Indian Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar, at a function held at Town Hall on April 14, Sunday. Deputy Commissioner Harsh Gupta and several other officials paid their respects to Dr Ambedkar by garlanding his statue.
Manish Kharbikar, Mangalore Police Commissioner, Abhishek Goel, SP, KN Vijayaprakash, ZP Chief Executive Officer., MCC Commissioner Dr Harish Kumar, MUDA Commissioner Ajith Kumar, Arun Furtado, District Social Welfare Officer and others were present on the occasion.
The New Mangalore Port Trust celebrated 122nd Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in a colorful function held on 14-04-2013 at Panambur. Function was organized where Sri V.T. Rajashekhar, Editor, Dalit Voice, Bangalore was the Chief Guest of the function, Shri T.S.N. Murthy, I.R.S., Dy. Chairman was the Guest of Honour. Dr. P. Tamilvanan, Chairman, New Mangalore Port Trust presided over the function. The dignitaries garlanded the statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, situated nearby Panambur Signal (Circle) and offered floral Tributes, thereafter planted the saplings.