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The UK government has accepted India’s appeal against the closure of Ambedkar House in north London and said the memorial will remain open to visitors.
UK Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick confirmed that he had granted retrospective planning permission on Thursday for 10 King Henry’s Road in Camden, where Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar lived in 1921-22 during his student days at London School of Economics, to function as a museum.
The minister had recovered the appeal in the case last September after the memorial faced closure due to an alleged breach of planning norms for the residential area.
The home was bought by the Maharashtra government and refurbished to transform into a memorial-cum-museum, which now houses photographs and belongings of Ambedkar, with the walls adorned with his famous quotations.