<P> The place of his cremation has been turned into a memorial, Samata Sthal, and his birth anniversary is observed as Samata Diwas., (Equality Day) in India . His birth centenary celebrations were held all over the nation in 2008 . Demands for awarding him a posthumous Bharat Ratna have been raised from time to time Hyderabad . Andhra University which had conferred an honorary doctorate on him in 1973, and in 2009 on the occasion of his 101st birth anniversary, his statue was unveiled on the university premises . </P> <P> To propagate his ideologies, the' Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation', has been set up by Ministry of Social Justice, Govt. of India in Delhi . </P> <P> The training academy for Railway Protection Force officers is named after Jagjivan Ram . </P> <P> The first indigenously built electric locomotive, a WAM - 1 model, was named after him and was recently restored by the Eastern Railway . </P>

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