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Babar Ali (born 18 March 1993) is a teacher from Murshidabad in West Bengal. He was called the "youngest headmaster in the world" by BBC in October 2009, at the age of sixteen. He had begun teaching at nine years of age, mostly as a game, and then decided to continue teaching other children at a larger scale.
Babar Ali has been honored with several prestigious awards for his outstanding contribution in the field of education since 2002, when he was 9 years old. Babar Ali was featured in Amir Khan’s ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in 2012 and Forbes 30 under 30 in 2016.
Nov 3, 2016 · The nine-year-old who set up a school in his garden and transformed his community. After starting a school in his back yard at nine, Babar Ali has gone on to change his village by offering ...
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Babar Ali is an Indian student and teacher from Murshidabad in West Bengal. He was called the "youngest headmaster in the world" by BBC in October 2009, at t...
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Sep 24, 2023 · Babar Ali’s story is much like a modern-day fairy tale — too good to be true. The story, told and retold several times over, is now a part of many books and documentaries. It goes like this: a nine-year-old schoolboy started a free school in the backyard of his family home in a remote village of West Bengal.
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Sep 30, 2018 · Donations from teachers at his school, district officials, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers from the region and other individuals has kept Babar’s institution running through the ...