I whanau a Ambedkar i te 14 Paenga-whawha 1891 i te taone nui me te hoia o Mhow (i tenei wa ko Dr. Ambedkar Nagar) i nga Rohe o Central (i Madhya Pradesh inaianei). Ko ia te 14th me te tamaiti whakamutunga o Ramji Maloji Sakpal, he rangatira ope taua i mau i te tuunga o Subedar, me Bhimabai Sakpal, tamahine a Laxmanbad Murkar. Ko tana whanau no te whanau Marathi mai i te taone o Ambadawe (Mandangad taluka) i roto i te rohe o Ratnagiri o Maharashtra o tenei ra. I whanau a Ambedkar ki tetahi iwi rawakore o Mahar (dalit) iti, i tukinotia hei hunga kore e taea te tarai me te whakahawea ki te whakahāwea ohaoha.
Ko Subedar