The 70th Dhammachakra Pravartan Day was marked on 20 October 2026 at Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur, Maharashtra. The day recalls 14 October 1956, Ashoka Vijayadashami, when Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and his followers adopted Buddhism at Deekshabhoomi, an event remembered as a historic mass conversion. Deekshabhoomi is the memorial site linked to Ambedkar's embrace of Buddhism, and the annual observance is tied to the Buddhist values of equality, liberty, fraternity and human dignity.