ALL ABOUT Anna Hazare

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Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare, (Hindi:

) , popularly known

as Anna Hazare, is a social activist who is

especially recognized for his contribution tothe development of Ralegan Siddhi, a village

in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India

and his efforts for establishing it as a model

village, for which he was awarded

the Padma Bhushan by Government of

India, in 1992.

Who is Hazare ?


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Anna Hazare was born in Bhingar village

in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra

state in western India to Baburao Hazare

and Laxmi Bai, an unskilled labourer

family who owned five acres of land.

Due to adverse conditions in 1952 theyhad to move to their family home in

Ralegan Siddhi.

He was raised by his childless aunt in

Mumbai but could not continue beyond

VII standard and had to quit midway due

to financial problems


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Anna Hazare started his career as a driver in

the Indian Army.He spent his spare time reading the books of

Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi and

Acharya Vinoba Bhave that inspired him to

become a social worker and activist.

During the mid-1970s he was involved in a

road accident while driving but he survived

In 1975, he led a movement to eradicate

alcoholism from the village.

Next, he motivated the residents of the village

into shramdan (voluntary labour) to build

canals, small-scale check-dams and percolationtanks in the nearby hills for watershed

development.

He also motivated the residents of the village

to build a secondary school in the village

through voluntary labour


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What is the net worth of this man?

On April 16, 2011, he declared his bank

balance of Rs - 67,183/- and Rs- 1,500/- as

money in hand. He owns 0.07 hectares offamily land in Ralegan Siddhi which is being

used by his brothers. Two other pieces of land

donated to him by the Indian Army and by a

villager, have been donated by him for village

use. He is receiving pension from Indian army

from where he took voluntary retirement.


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Awards to Anna Hazare

PADMABHUSHAN AWARD Presented by R. Venkatraman ( president of India) on 6th April 1992 at Delhi for

Anna Hazare's social work.

PADMASHRI AWARD Presented by R. Venkatraman ( President of India) on 24th march 1990 at Delhi forAnna Hazare's social work.

PRIY DARSHINI VRIKSHA MITRA AWARD, GOVT. INDIA

KRUSHI BHUSAHAN GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA

YOUNG INDIA AWARD

MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD 1988

PAUL MITTAL NATIONAL AWARD 2000 (NEHRU SIDHANT KENDER TRUST LUDHIYNA 14001) Presented by

shri. Balaramji Das Tandon (Minister, Punjab) on 14th november 2000.

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL (IT) INTEGRITY AWARD 2003 FROM TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL .DOCTORATE DEGREE GANDHIGRAM RURAL INSTITUTE-DEEMED UNIVERSITY GANDHIGRAM DINDIGUL,

TAMIL NADU-8-11-05

VIVEKANANDA SEVA PURASKAR 1994 Presented by Shri.Bada Bajar Kumar Sabha Pustakalay, Calcutta on

12th June 1996 for Anna Hazare's social work done for develop village as a family.

SHIROMANI AWARD 1996 presented by P.A.Sangma (Speaker of Lok sabha) on 22nd February 1997 at New

Delhi for AnnaHazares

contribution to National Development Integration, Enrichment of life and for hisoutstanding achievements in the choosen field of activities(social service).

MAHAVEER PURASKAR 1997 presented by Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation , Chennai on 2th April 1997 for

Anna Hazares excellent in sphere of social & community service.

DIWALIBEN MEHTA AWARD presented by Shri.Panduranga Shastri Athavale on 8th January 1999 at Mumbai

for Anna Hazares Hard, Sincere, Dedicated & Devoted social work.


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CARE INTERNATIONAL AWARD 1998 presented by Care International Humanitarian on 8th May 1998 at Washington,D.C,

USA for Anna Hazare demonstrating a profound commitment to improving life in developing world. Care Recognized AnnaHazares devotion to the ideas of sustainable development with whole hearted participation of villagers including women

& youth.

GIANTS INTERNATIONAL AWARD presented by Shri.Vilas Rao Deshmukh (Chief Minister of Maharashtra) on 17th sept.

2000 for Shri.Anna hazare's social work

BASAVSHRI PRASHASTI 2000 AWARD Presented by Shri.Jagadguru Murugharajendra Brihan Math at S.J.M.Math,

Chitradurga , Karnataka on 4th June 2000 for Anna Hazares relentless effort to bring in the value of based way of life in

the society.

NATIONAL INTERGRATION AWARD presented by (Dhum-Lajee)chiefminister- Himothkursh Sahithy Samskruthi Avam Jana

Kalyal Parishad, UNA, Himachal Pradesh on 14th February 1999 for Anna Hazares Social Work.

VISHWA-VATSALYA & SANTBAL AWARD presented at Ahamadabad for Anna Hazares universal services to mankind

including his incessant fight against corruption and his inspring efforts to improve the living condition of the poor & tori\aise the ethical levels of the society.

JANA SEVA PURASKAR presented by Smt.Rajmathi at Sangle, Maharashtra on 28th February 1998 for Anna Hazares Social

Work.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL MANAV SEVA PURASKAR presented by Supreme Court Judge Shri. D.P.Wadhwa at India Habital

Center , Lodhi Road, New Delhi on 21st Feb 1998 for Anna Hazares Crusade against Corruption .


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http://www.annahazare.org/awards.html


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Anti-corruption protests in Maharashtra

Right to Information movement

Regulation of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of OfficialDuties Act

Campaign against liquor from food grains

Lokpal Bill movement

His movements so far


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In the early 2000s, Anna Hazare led a

movement in Maharastra state, which forcedthe Government of Maharashtra to repeal the

earlier weak act and pass a more stronger

Right to Information Act, which was later

considered as the base document for the Right

to Information Act 2005 (RTI), enacted by the

Union Government.It also ensured that the President of India

assented to this new act.


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In 2011, Anna Hazare led a movement for

passing a stronger anti-corruption Lokpal

(ombudsman) bill in the Indian Parliament.

As a part of this movement, N. Santosh Hegde,

a former justice of the Supreme Court of Indiaand Lokayukta of Karnataka, Prashant

Bhushan, a senior lawyer in the Supreme Court

along with the members of the India Against

Corruption movement drafted an alternate bill,

named as the Jan Lokpal Bill (People's

Ombudsman Bill) with more stringentprovisions and wider power to the Lokpal

(Ombudsman).

Lokpal Bill movement


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Hazare has started a fast unto death from 5 April 2011 at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, topress for the demand to form a joint committee of the representatives of the

Government and the civil society to draft a new bill with more stronger penal

actions and more independence to the Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Ombudsmen in the

states), after his demand was rejected by the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan

Singh

After Congress Govt Agreed to form joint committee he broke his fast


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10 MEMBER COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO DRAFT LOKPAL BILL BUT FAILED


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The announced plans of social activist Anna Hazare to go on a fast unto death from August 16

in support of the demand of the anti-corruption movement headed by him for a stronger Jan

Lok Pal Bill than the one introduced by the government in Parliament poses an executive and

moral dilemma to the government of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh

The executive dilemma arises from the fact that an attempt to commit suicide for whatever

purpose is a criminal offence under the Indian Penal Code and the Government is legally boundto act against the threatened fast, if necessary, by arresting Hazare either before or during his

fast in order to save his life and to prevent a public disorder.

The executive dilemma is enhanced by the danger that the act of saving his life might be

interpreted as a violation of his right to protest and might lead to an even greater public

disorder.

The moral dilemma arises from the fact that a fast unto death as a form of protest has been anaccepted weapon since the days of Mahatma Gandhi. He used the threat of fast unto death on

some occasions against the British rulers because he was left with no other way of expressing

his protest over the failure of the British to concede his demands.


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Activist Anna Hazare was on Tuesday 16 Aug 2011 detained by Delhi Police ahead of his

scheduled fast at the Jai Prakash Narain Park in the city. Also detained were Arvind Kejriwal

and other supporters.

The police action prompted protests against the government and the police. Reacting to the

Delhi Police action, former IPS officer and social activist Kiran Bedi said: "I have been saying

that the Delhi Police is being given directions. He has been taken into preventive custody even

when he has not broken any law. Emergency has revisited the country. This detention is

unconstitutional and undemocratic."

Since early morning, a group of people had thronged an east Delhi apartment where Anna

Hazare was staying to pledge their support ahead of his protest demanding a strong Lokpal.

The 74-year-old social activist, who is staying at Supreme Enclave, was planning to stage an

indefinite fast at Jai Prakash Narain Park, near Feroj Shah Kotla Stadium, where prohibitoryorders have been imposed.


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Anna agrees to 14-day fast at Ramlila Maidan

In a late night breakthrough, 18 Aug 2011 Anna Hazare and his team have agreed to 14-dayfast at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. The social activist, who will go under a check up at

Tihar jail at 10 am, will reach the protest venue around 3pm in an open jeep. Though for

the time being there has been a breakthrough, Anna Hazare's basic demand of civil society

draft of lokpal bill being introduced in Parliament remains.

Police negotiators, Hazare and his associates came to an agreement on several issues. They

agreed that the fast venue would be the spacious Ramlila Grounds and that there would beno ceiling on the number of protesters.

They also agreed that loudspeakers would be used at the venue and that Hazare would be

examined by government as well as private


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Checkered shorts and a Gandhi topi is a fashion

felony. But 29-year-old Shailesh Saraf doesn't care;

he has never blindly followed a popular trend.

Currently on "FL or fasting leave", Saraf, a vice

president with Morgan Stanley, is down from Hong

Kong to campaign for the Jan Lokpal bill.

Saraf was among the 72 protesters who were

fasting for the second consecutive day at AzadMaidan; two new recruits joined the fast on

Wednesday. At the maidan, Saraf intermittently

checks his Blackberry, not for investment updates

or market movements but for news of Anna

Hazare's release. For the most part, he sits on the

stage, listening to people unspooling long speechesabout the corruption they'd faced.


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