London: Maharashtra government has completed the acquisition of a 3.1-million pound three-storey home in London where Dr B R Ambedkar, architect of the Indian Constitution, lived as a student in the 1920s and steps will be will initiated soon to convert it into a memorial.

"I am delighted that Raj Kumar Badole, Minister for Social Justice and Special Assistance at Government of Maharashtra, via the High Commission of India in London, has completed the purchase of the 2,050 sq ft house on September 24, 2015 at 10 King Henry's Road, in northwest London," said Santosh Dass, President of the Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisations UK (FABO).