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Aruna Shanbaug case

1948 - 2015

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Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug (1 June 1948 – 18 May 2015) was an Indian nurse who was at the centre of attention in a court case on euthanasia after spending over 42 years in a vegetative state as a result of a sexual assault. In 1973, while working as a junior nurse at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Shanbaug was sexually assaulted by a hospital janitor, and remained in a vegetative state following the assault. On 24 January 2011, after Shanbaug had been in this state for 37 years, the Supreme Court of India responded to a plea for euthanasia filed by journalist-activist Pinki Virani, setting up a medical panel to examine her. The court rejected the petition on 7 March 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aruna Shanbaug case is the 285th most popular social activist (up from 688th in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from India (up from 1,039th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Aruna Shanbaug case ranks 285 out of 840. Before her are Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Itagaki Taisuke, Serge Klarsfeld, Sultan al-Atrash, Ryszard Siwiec, and Li Hongzhi. After her are Simon bar Giora, George Lincoln Rockwell, Hannie Schaft, Amelia Bloomer, Rattanbai Jinnah, and Abdallah ibn Yasin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Aruna Shanbaug case ranks 228. Before her are Holger Osieck, Gunnar Nilsson, Akira Matsunaga, Vonda N. McIntyre, Theo Jansen, and Barbara Hendricks. After her are Rhea Perlman, Pascal Quignard, Joaquín Almunia, Ronnie Van Zant, Tim Staffell, and James P. Allison. Among people deceased in 2015, Aruna Shanbaug case ranks 132. Before her are Carl Djerassi, Guy Ligier, Edgar Froese, Chea Sim, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, and Aleksei Gubarev. After her are Doris Hart, Kirk Kerkorian, Dick Nanninga, Geoffrey Lewis, Renzo Zorzi, and Ignacio Zoco.

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In India

Among people born in India, Aruna Shanbaug case ranks 350 out of 1,861. Before her are Girija Prasad Koirala (1924), Inayat Khan (1882), Eknath (1533), Mala Sinha (1936), Rani Durgavati (1524), and Nargis (1929). After her are Ranbir Kapoor (1982), Wahiduddin Khan (1925), Ivan Dias (1936), Varkey Vithayathil (1927), Aamir Khan (1965), and Mohammed Rafi (1924).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Aruna Shanbaug case ranks 17. Before her are Mangal Pandey (1827), Kittur Chennamma (1778), Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Vandana Shiva (1952), C. Rajagopalachari (1878), and Udham Singh (1899). After her are Rattanbai Jinnah (1900), Harilal Gandhi (1888), Anna Hazare (1937), Khudiram Bose (1889), M. N. Roy (1887), and Satish Kumar (1936).

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