The three inspiring personalities behind the adoption of these symbols of the Buddhist culture as ‘National Symbols’ were: Dr. Rajendra Prasad, President of the Constituent Assembly, who hailed from Bihar, the land of Buddha's Enlightenment; Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister, a great admirer of the Buddha and Asoka; and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Chairman of the Committee which drafted the Constitution, who was to change the course of history a few years later by leading millions of his followers to the fold of Buddhism.