Ambadawe

{{short description|Village in Maharashtra}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}

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| name = Ambadawe

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| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = File:Way to Ambadave.jpg

| image_alt = Gate of Ambadawe

| image_caption = Gate of Ambadave

| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India

| pushpin_label_position = right

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India

| coordinates = {{coord|18.017158|N|73.188997|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Maharashtra

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Ratnagiri district

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| population_total = 240

| population_as_of = 2011

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Marathi

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 402307

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| blank2_name_sec1 = Nearest city

| blank2_info_sec1 = Mandangad

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Ambadawe{{Cite web|url=https://www.loksatta.com/pune-news/about-name-of-ambadve-village-1227278/|title=आंबडवे नाव योग्यच – खासदार अमर साबळे|date=14 April 2016|access-date=2 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.loksatta.com/kgtocollege-news/international-standard-educational-complex-at-original-village-of-Krishan-Keshav-Ambedkar-Teacher-of-dr-babasaheb-ambedkar-446635/|title=डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर यांचे मूळ गाव आंबवडे येथे आंतरराष्ट्रीय दर्जाचे शैक्षणिक संकुल|date=18 April 2014|website=Loksatta|access-date=2 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-MUM-ambedkars-teacher-family-saving-memories-of-ambedkar-5489831-NOR.html|title=आंबेडकर गुरुजींचं कुटुंब जपतंय सामाजिक वसा, कुटुंबानं सांभाळल्या 'त्या' आठवणी|date=26 December 2016|website=divyamarathi|access-date=2 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528183041/https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-MUM-ambedkars-teacher-family-saving-memories-of-ambedkar-5489831-NOR.html|archive-date=28 May 2019|url-status=dead}} is a village in the Mandangad taluk of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra, India.{{cite web|title=Villagers donate land for college in Maharashtra|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Villagers-donate-land-for-college-in-Maharashtra/articleshow/10467881.cms|website=|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|access-date=18 October 2014}} This village is where Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was born in and got his current known surname, "Ambedkar", from his father's last name, "Sapkal". At that time it was common for village name of children to be written instead of family name in school register. "Ambadawe" was later changed to "Ambedkar" by teacher of Ambedkar at that time.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

File:Smarak at Ambadave.jpg