1907 mein Bhimrao Ambedkar ne matriculation pass kiya, jo unke samaj ke liye ek itihaasik uplabdhi thi. Yeh pehli baar tha jab Mahar jaati ka koi chhatra school ki 10vi kaksha pass kar raha tha.
1908 mein unhone Bombay ke Elphinstone College mein admission liya, jo Bombay University se sambandhit ek prasiddh college tha. Bhimrao apne samaj se pehle vyakti the jinhone is college mein pravesh paaya.
Bombay uss samay Bharat ka ek aarthik aur shikshan kendra tha. Lekin Bhimrao ke liye yeh sheher bhi jaati ke bhedbhaav se mukt nahi tha. College mein kai baar unhe anya chhatron ke alag vyavhaar ka samna karna padta tha. Padhai mein unhone kabhi bhi dhyaan bhatakne nahi diya.
Unke vishay Political Science, Economics, aur History the. Bhimrao ne college mein gambhirta se adhyan kiya, aur apne adhyapak ganon se bhi prashansa prapt ki.
1912 mein Bhimrao Ambedkar ne apni Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Political Science poori ki. Yeh ek mahatvapurna kadam tha unke safar mein — ek safar jo unke sapno ko nayi disha dene wala tha.
Isi dauraan, unke jeevan mein ek aur bade avsar ka pravesh hua — Baroda ke Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III ne unke gyaan aur yogyaata se prabhavit hokar unhe videsh mein uchch shiksha ke liye chhatravritti pradan ki.
Yeh scholarship unke liye ek darwaza kholne wali thi — ek aise vishwa mein jahan unka samna Columbia University jaise mahaan vishwa-vidyalay se hone wala tha.
Elphinstone College ne Bhimrao ko sirf ek degree nahi di — usne unke vichaaron ko dhang diya, unke lakshya ko disha di, aur unki yatra ko ek nayi raftaar.