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Ramji Maloji Sakpal (1848 - 1913). He was the father of B.R.Ambedkar. During his service in the British Indian Army, he served as a 'Subhedar'. He has also worked as a teacher in the Indian Army due to his command of the English language. He was teaching English to British Indian Army. Ramji Maloji Ambedkar endured the hardships of completing Bhimrao's education under extremely adverse conditions. Ramji Ambedkar wanted Bhimrao to take higher education and bring the society out of slavery.

Early Life
Ramji's father Maloji was a soldier in the English army. Due to his employment in the armed forces, Malojirao was able to attend a military school. Eventually, he accepted the Ramananda faith. Therefore, Malojirao's household affairs emphasize pure thought and pure conduct. He had four children, three sons and one daughter. After the birth of two sons, Mirabai was born. Malojirao's fourth child, Ramji, was born in 1848. The first son of Malojirao left home and went to live as a hermit. His second son joined the English army. Ramji, the third son, attended a military school and later passed the matric examination. During his time as a teacher, Ramji Around year 1866, at the age of 18, enlisted as a soldier in the 106th Sappers and Minors Regiment of the British Army. When Ramji was 19 year old, he married 13 year old Bhimabai. Bhimabai's father was a resident of Murbad and was a Subhedar in the British Army. Ramji was religious. He had recited verses of Saint Kabira, Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Chokhoba, Eknath, Tukaram etc. He used to read Dnyaneshwari every day, in the morning he used to say Srotte and Bhupala.

सैन्यात शिपाई असताना सैनिकी शाळेत त्यांचे इंग्रजी शिक्षण सुरू झाले व त्यांनी इंग्रजी उत्तमरित्या आत्मसात केली. यामुळे ते नॉर्मल स्कूलच्या (मॅट्रिकच्या) परीक्षेत उत्तीर्ण झाले. मॅट्रिक परीक्षा उतीर्ण झाल्यामुळे त्यांची शिपाई पदाची नोकरी सुचली व त्यांना सैनिकी शाळेत म्हणजेच 'नॉर्मल स्कूल'मध्ये शिक्षक पदाच्या नोकरीची पदोन्नती मिळाली. रामजींना उत्तम शिक्षण बनवण्यासाठी प्रशिक्षण घेण्यास पुण्याच्या सैनिक शाळेत प्रवेश मिळाला.

प्रशिक्षित शिक्षक होऊन त्यांची इंग्रजी राजसत्तेच्या सैनिक शाळेत पदोन्नती होऊन ते मुख्याध्यापक बनले व या पदावर ते चौदा वर्ष राहिले. त्यांना मुख्याध्यापक पदाच्या अखेरच्या टप्प्यात 'सुभेदार' पदाचीही बढती मिळाली. रामजी व भीमाबाई या दांपत्यांना सन १८९१ पर्यंत चौदा अपत्य झाली होती. त्यापैकी गंगा, रमा, मंजुळा व तुळसा या चार मुली जीवंत राहिल्या होत्या. मुलांपैकी बाळाराम, आनंदराव व भीमराव (भिवा) ही तीन मुले जिवंत होती. भीमराव सर्वात लहान व चौदावे अपत्य होता.