# Buddhist Conversion

From @b-r-ambedkar's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@b-r-ambedkar.md](/@b-r-ambedkar.md)

After breaking with Hindu caste authority, Ambedkar embraced Buddhism with hundreds of thousands in 1956, interpreting it as an ethical path of liberty, equality, and fraternity.

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