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Kisan Baburao "Anna" Hazare ( pronunciation ⓘ; born 15 June 1937) is an Indian social activist who led movements to promote rural development, increase government transparency, and investigate and punish corruption in public life.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) while reacting to social activist Anna Hazare's remarks on the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said they are pained...
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Jun 15, 2024 · Anna Hazare (born June 15, 1938?, Bhingar, near Ahmadnagar, India) is an Indian social activist who led movements to promote rural development, increase government transparency, and investigate and punish official corruption.
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He was born as kisan baburao hazare in ralegon siddhi village near ahmednagar as a eldest son of baburao hazare and laxmi bai. his father was an unskilled laborer and the family struggled to make end meet. Anna hazare tooks upon himself the responsibility of education and took him to mumbai where he was admitted into local school. however, due to f...
He joined the Indian Army in 1960. He was trained at Aurangabad and initially he worked as an army truck driver.He was posted at the border in the Khem Karan sector during the Indo-Pakistan War in 1965 where he miraculously survived an enemy attack. This incident shook him and for a time he even considered c...However, war time experiences in which he emerged to be the sole survivor made him think about the meaning of life. He began reading the works of great minds like Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi...During his stint in the army he was posted at different places like Punjab, Sikkim, Bhutan, Mizoram, Maharashtra, and Jammu. He was honorably discharged from the army in 1975 after 15 years of serv...He was the only one man behind the transformation of village ralegan siddhi from the poverty ridden, hopeless place with huge population of alcoholics and drug addict to a "model village" based on sustainable development. he played a key role in persuading the Government of India to pass the The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. Anna hazare had been...
The movement gained momentum from 5 April 2011, when anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare began a hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar monument in New Delhi. The movement aimed to alleviate corruption in the Indian government through introduction of the Jan Lokpal Bill.
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Apr 8, 2011 · Profile of Anna Hazare, Dr Kisan Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare, was born into a family of farmers in Maharashtra. He joined the army in 1963, braved suicidal thoughts and served the force for 15 years.
Apr 7, 2011 · When an Army jeep driver returned to this village after surviving strafing by enemy planes,being the driving force behind a mammoth anti-corruption campaign was not on his agenda.
