Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU), is an public university located in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra. It is named after Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, an Indian social reformer and political leader who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India. The university was established on 23 August 1958. It is spread over 725 acres, making it the largest University in Maharashtra, India, in terms of total area.
In 1978, the Maharashtra Chief Minister, the state legislature, and the University administration approved renaming the university after B. R. Ambedkar. This decision was strongly opposed by other communities, resulting in the anti-Dalit pogrom. The Namantar Andolan was the renaming movement organised by Dalits for 16 years. On 14 January 1994, the university was officially renamed as "Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University."
Knowledge Resource Centre is the main library of the university. The library was founded in the 1958 as the Varsity library. The university library houses books dating back to the 1600s. Recently, the Knowledge Resource Centre subscribed to the World E-book Library through a Noida-based company, which will enable students to access over 300,000 e-books including journals and other documents.
