SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Medha Patkar

1954 - Today

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Medha Patkar (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian Social activist working on social issues for tribals, dalits, farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India. She is an alumna of TISS, a premier institute of social science research in India. Patkar is a founding member of Narmada Bachao Andolan with Afroz Ahmad in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. She is also one of the founders of the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), an alliance of hundreds of progressive people's organizations. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Medha Patkar is the 653rd most popular social activist (down from 509th in 2019), the 962nd most popular biography from India (down from 648th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Medha Patkar ranks 653 out of 840. Before her are Mukhtar Mai, Jared Taylor, Norma Cruz, William Smith O'Brien, Jadav Payeng, and Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. After her are Fannie Lou Hamer, Harry Hay, Samuel Gompers, Wang Dan, Nirmala Deshpande, and Phoebe Hearst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Medha Patkar ranks 594. Before her are Dan Butler, Hartmut Schade, Muammar Z.A., Clark Johnson, Zdeněk Šreiner, and Adam Ant. After her are Ludwik Dorn, Leonardo Cuéllar, Freddie Prinze, Bill Mumy, David Paterson, and José Van Tuyne.

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In India

Among people born in India, Medha Patkar ranks 962 out of 1,861. Before her are Pratima Barua Pandey (1934), R. K. Laxman (1921), Mridula Sinha (1942), Rohinton Mistry (1952), Tariq Anwar (1945), and Jadav Payeng (1963). After her are Alka Yagnik (1966), G. N. Ramachandran (1922), Aasif Mandvi (1966), Teejan Bai (1956), Leslie Claudius (1927), and Sahir Ludhianvi (1921).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Medha Patkar ranks 53. Before her are Madan Lal Dhingra (1883), Veerappan (1952), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Usha Mehta (1920), Sumaira Abdulali (1961), and Jadav Payeng (1963). After her are Nirmala Deshpande (1929), Jamnalal Bajaj (1889), Rajmohan Gandhi (1935), Manasi Pradhan (1962), Laxmi Agarwal (1990), and Gauri Lankesh (1962).

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