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Ambedkar is a gypsy icon in Hungary,” says Tibor Derdak over the phone from Miskolc, a city two hours from Budapest. It was here 20 years ago that Derdak co-founded a school named after B R Ambedkar, who never visited Hungary. Today, an Ambedkar statue stands near the building of Dr Ambedkar School. “Ambedkar’s life…