Babasaheb (

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; in script: , , ) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental systems: alphabets, writing system), based on the ancient ''Brāhmī script, Brā ...

: बाबासाहेब,

IAST The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanisation of Brahmic family, Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages. It is based on a scheme that ...

: ''Bābāsāhēb'') is a nickname given in India. It is a

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India **Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...

phrase which means 'Respected Father' ('' Baba'' =

father A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. A biological fat ...

and ''

Saheb Sahib or Saheb () is a Style (manner of address), term of address originating from Arabic (). As a loanword, ''Sahib'' has passed into several languages, including Persian language, Persian, Kurdish languages, Kurdish, Turkish language, Turk ...

'' =

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). This

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is commonly applied to

B. R. Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on t ...

. Other notable people with the name include: *

Babasaheb Bhosale Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale (15 January 1921 – 6 October 2007) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from January 1982 until February 1983. Early life Bhosale was born on 15 January 1921 in the Kaledho ...

(1921–2007), Indian politician *

Balwant Moreshwar Purandare Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (29 July 1922 – 15 November 2021), popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare, was an Indian historian and writer of books and plays from Maharashtra, India. His works are mostly based on the life of Shivaji, the 17th- ...

(1922–2021), also known as Babasaheb Purandare, Indian historian and writer *

Umakant Keshav Apte Umakant Keshav Apte (29 April 1903 - 1971), also known as Babasaheb Apte, was one of the first ''pracharaks'' (full-time propagators) of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), taking initiation from its founder K. B ...

(1903–1971), also known as Babasaheb Apte

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{{given name Titles in India B. R. Ambedkar

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