SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Abdul Sattar Edhi

1928 - 2016

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Abdul Sattar Edhi NI LPP (Urdu: عبد الستار ایدھی; 28 February 1928 – 8 July 2016) was a Pakistani humanitarian, philanthropist and ascetic who founded the Edhi Foundation, which runs the world's largest ambulance network, along with homeless shelters, animal shelters, rehabilitation centres, and orphanages across Pakistan. Edhi's charitable activities expanded greatly in 1957 when an Asian flu epidemic originating in China swept through Pakistan and the rest of the world. Donations allowed him to buy his first ambulance the same year. He later expanded his charity network with the help of his wife Bilquis Edhi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul Sattar Edhi is the 485th most popular social activist (down from 417th in 2019), the 634th most popular biography from India (down from 490th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Abdul Sattar Edhi ranks 485 out of 840. Before him are Tarana Burke, Entisar Elsaeed, Lev Chernyi, Helene Stöcker, Gabrielle Petit, and Osvaldo Hurtado. After him are Gabriela Silang, Kamala Nehru, Pingali Venkayya, Mary Toft, Sam Childers, and Selena Rocky Malone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Abdul Sattar Edhi ranks 394. Before him are François Remetter, Germà Colón, Ann Blyth, William Trevor, Emilio Caprile, and Akira Miyawaki. After him are Hushang Ebtehaj, Manuel Scorza, Takako Doi, Ion Druță, Tom Lantos, and Gerhard Stoltenberg. Among people deceased in 2016, Abdul Sattar Edhi ranks 337. Before him are Oliver Shanti, Benoîte Groult, Solomon W. Golomb, Billy Paul, Anne Jackson, and Teatao Teannaki. After him are Motiur Rahman Nizami, Kazimierz Barburski, Velimir Sombolac, Daniela Dessì, Kurt Svensson, and Manfred Krug.

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In India

Among people born in India, Abdul Sattar Edhi ranks 634 out of 1,861. Before him are Johnny Walker (1926), Mary Boyce (1920), S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Saif Ali Khan (1970), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), and Madhuri Dixit (1967). After him are Paddy Ashdown (1941), Kamala Nehru (1899), Jackie Shroff (1957), Pingali Venkayya (1876), Narayan Rao (1755), and Ram Charan (1985).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Abdul Sattar Edhi ranks 36. Before him are Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Bhikaiji Cama (1861), Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972), Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), and Sugathakumari (1934). After him are Kamala Nehru (1899), Pingali Venkayya (1876), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), Charu Majumdar (1918), Shivakumara Swami (1907), and Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886).

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