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  1. Anandwan was established in 1949 by Baba Amte with a hope of giving marginalised people a dignified life through self-reliance and restoring a sense of belonging which they had lost due to the ill treatment at the hands of society.

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    Anandwan literally, Forest of happiness, located around 5 kilometers from Warora in Chandrapur district in the state of Maharashtra, India, is an ashram and a community rehabilitation centre which was mainly started for leprosy patients and the disabled from downtrodden sections of society.

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    Those abandoned by society and their families, find a home in Anandwan. They are not just physically cared, but mentally boosted by the groundwork of love that Baba has laid.

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    Welcome to Anandwan. Baba Amte - The Journey. Murlidhar Devidas Amte popularly known as Baba Amte was born to an affluent Hindu Brahmin family on the 26th of December 1914 in Hinganghat, Wardha. As a young boy, he enjoyed all the privileges that came with his family’s wealth.

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  6. May 6, 2024 · Baba Amte, Indian lawyer and social activist who devoted his life to India’s poorest and least powerful and especially to the care of those individuals who suffered from leprosy. He founded Anandwan, an ashram dedicated to the treatment, rehabilitation, and empowerment of leprosy patients.

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  7. Feb 9, 2008 · Baba Amte formed Anandwan (Forest of Joy), to serve the people suffering from leprosy. He was also associated with other raging social and environmental issues like the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA). For his humanitarian work, he received a number of prestigious awards including the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1985.

  8. Dec 26, 2018 · With just fourteen rupees in cash, 25 acres of arid land, a cow and six leprosy patients, Amte established the Maharogi Sewa Samiti at Warora in June 1951. But there was an inexhaustible resource: his dreams, his vision, his enterprise. Thus was born Anandwan, Amte's garden of joy, and with it Baba Amte himself.