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Jadav Payeng

1963 - Today

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Jadav "Molai" Payeng (born 31 October 1959) is an environmental activist and forestry worker from Majuli, popularly known as the Forest Man of India. Over the course of several decades, he has planted and tended trees on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra turning it into a forest reserve. The forest, called Molai forest after him, is located near Kokilamukh of Jorhat, Assam, India and encompasses an area of about 1,360 acres / 550 hectares. In 2015, he was honoured with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jadav Payeng is the 651st most popular social activist (down from 611th in 2019), the 961st most popular biography from India (down from 847th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jadav Payeng ranks 651 out of 840. Before her are Karen Silkwood, Ryan White, Mukhtar Mai, Jared Taylor, Norma Cruz, and William Smith O'Brien. After her are Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Medha Patkar, Fannie Lou Hamer, Harry Hay, Samuel Gompers, and Wang Dan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Jadav Payeng ranks 540. Before her are Enrico Colantoni, Éric Di Meco, Rob Estes, Alice Sebold, Shauna Grant, and Milko Djurovski. After her are Eros Poli, Ted Demme, Paul Klebnikov, Alan McDonald, Michael Chabon, and James Marsh.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jadav Payeng ranks 961 out of 1,861. Before her are Bhanu Athaiya (1929), Pratima Barua Pandey (1934), R. K. Laxman (1921), Mridula Sinha (1942), Rohinton Mistry (1952), and Tariq Anwar (1945). After her are Medha Patkar (1954), Alka Yagnik (1966), G. N. Ramachandran (1922), Aasif Mandvi (1966), Teejan Bai (1956), and Leslie Claudius (1927).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Jadav Payeng ranks 52. Before her are Har Dayal (1884), Madan Lal Dhingra (1883), Veerappan (1952), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Usha Mehta (1920), and Sumaira Abdulali (1961). After her are Medha Patkar (1954), Nirmala Deshpande (1929), Jamnalal Bajaj (1889), Rajmohan Gandhi (1935), Manasi Pradhan (1962), and Laxmi Agarwal (1990).

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