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Ela Bhatt

1933 - 2022

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Ela Ramesh Bhatt (7 September 1933 – 2 November 2022) was an Indian cooperative organiser, activist and Gandhian, who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA) in 1972, and served as its general secretary from 1972 to 1996. She was the chancellor of the Gujarat Vidyapith from 7 March 2015 to 19 October 2022. A lawyer by training, Bhatt was a part of the international labour, cooperative, women, and micro-finance movements and won several national and international awards, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1977), Right Livelihood Award (1984) for "helping home-based producers to organise for their welfare and self-respect" and the Padma Bhushan (1986). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ela Bhatt is the 391st most popular social activist (up from 475th in 2019), the 492nd most popular biography from India (up from 596th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ela Bhatt ranks 391 out of 840. Before her are Dimitrana Ivanova, Marianne Hainisch, Dorothy Day, Ryu Gwansun, Mathew Brady, and Jayaprakash Narayan. After her are Hamida Javanshir, Sergei Kovalev, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Sophie Liebknecht, Sumner Paine, and Lempira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Ela Bhatt ranks 255. Before her are Ruth Arnon, Vassilis Vassilikos, Haruo Remeliik, Mark Jones, Milena Hübschmannová, and Nicolae Rainea. After her are Gene Kranz, Elly Ameling, Evaristo de Macedo, Ilya Kabakov, Doyle Brunson, and Ivan Passer. Among people deceased in 2022, Ela Bhatt ranks 260. Before her are Eileen Ryan, Petar Skansi, Estelle Harris, Halyna Sevruk, Lyubov Panchenko, and Pablo Milanés. After her are Hilda Bernard, Fatma Girik, Jacob Nena, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Gaspard Ulliel, and Freddy Rincón.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ela Bhatt ranks 492 out of 1,861. Before her are Sonam Kapoor (1985), Jayaprakash Narayan (1902), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Shibli Nomani (1857), Launceston Elliot (1874), and ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540). After her are Rakesh Sharma (1949), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Tamannaah (1989), Nain Singh (1830), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Ela Bhatt ranks 26. Before her are Anna Hazare (1937), Khudiram Bose (1889), M. N. Roy (1887), Satish Kumar (1936), Baba Amte (1914), and Jayaprakash Narayan (1902). After her are Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858), Ram Manohar Lohia (1910), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Bhikaiji Cama (1861), and Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972).

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