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Anna Hazare

1937 - Today

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Kisan Baburao "Anna" Hazare (; born 15 June 1937) is an Indian social activist who has led movements to promote rural development, increase government transparency, and investigate and punish corruption in public life. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan—the third-highest civilian award—by the Government of India in 1992. Hazare started a hunger strike on 5 April 2011 to exert pressure on the Indian government to enact a stringent anti-corruption law, The Lokpal Bill, 2011 as envisaged in the Jan Lokpal Bill, for the institution of an ombudsman with the power to deal with corruption in public places. The fast led to nationwide protests in support. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Hazare is the 305th most popular social activist (down from 218th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from India (down from 218th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Anna Hazare ranks 305 out of 840. Before him are Efua Dorkenoo, Naziha al-Dulaimi, Harilal Gandhi, Catherine Breshkovsky, Lucio Urtubia, and Louise Bryant. After him are Johannes Kleiman, Túpac Katari, Khudiram Bose, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Martin Guerre, and Hanns Martin Schleyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Anna Hazare ranks 188. Before him are Don Bluth, Maria Teresa Horta, Valentin Bondarenko, Giovanni Arrighi, Maryan Wisniewski, and Gustavo Noboa. After him are Dick Dale, Vadim Bakatin, Erich Ribbeck, Tom Courtenay, Lusine Zakaryan, and Richard Bright.

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In India

Among people born in India, Anna Hazare ranks 372 out of 1,861. Before him are Harilal Gandhi (1888), Joseph Vaz (1651), Prakash Raj (1965), Rajnath Singh (1951), Nagarjuna (1959), and Merle Oberon (1911). After him are Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Swaminarayan (1781), Feroze Gandhi (1912), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), Khudiram Bose (1889), and Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Anna Hazare ranks 20. Before him are Vandana Shiva (1952), C. Rajagopalachari (1878), Udham Singh (1899), Aruna Shanbaug case (1948), Rattanbai Jinnah (1900), and Harilal Gandhi (1888). After him are Khudiram Bose (1889), M. N. Roy (1887), Satish Kumar (1936), Baba Amte (1914), Jayaprakash Narayan (1902), and Ela Bhatt (1933).

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