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Dhammachakra Pravartan Day (DhammaChakra Anupravartan Din) is a day to celebrate the Buddhist conversion of B. R. Ambedkar and approximately 600,000 followers on 14 October 1956 at Deekshabhoomi. Deekshabhoomi is a sacred monument of Navayana Buddhism located where the architect of the Indian Constitution, B. R. Ambedkar,[2] converted to Buddhism with approximately 600,000 followers on Ashok Vijaya Dashami[3] on 14 October 1956.[4][5] Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism is deeply significant for millions of people in India.[6]

Deekshabhoomi is in Nagpur, Maharashtra, a location regarded as a pilgrimage center of Buddhism in India. Millions of pilgrims visit Deekshabhoomi every year,[7] especially on Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din ("Mass Conversion Ceremony Day")[8] and 14 October, the memorial day when Ambedkar converted to Buddhism here. His final religious act was to embrace Buddhism.[7] Today, the largest stupa in Asia is erected in his memory at the site.[9]

Deeksha literally means 'act of ordaining'[10] and bhoomi means the 'ground'.[11] Deekshabhoomi means the ground where people got ordained as Buddhist. This religious mass conversion at one place was the first ever of its kind in history.[2] Deekshabhoomi is one of two places of considered to be of great importance in the life of Ambedkar, the other being Chaitya Bhoomi in Mumbai.[12]