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Murlidhar Devidas Amte, better known as Baba Amte was an Indian social worker and activist who worked for the empowerment of poor suffering from leprosy. From a child born with a silver spoon, Baba Amte dedicated his life to serve the downtrodden people of the society.
Murlidhar Devidas Amte (pronunciation ⓘ), popularly known as Baba Amte, [2] (26 December 1914 – 9 February 2008) was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of people suffering from leprosy.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Baba Amte was a great social worker and activist who dedicated his whole life to serve poor people suffering from leprosy. His full name was Murlidhar Devidas Amte but popularly was called as Baba Amte. He was highly influenced by Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi for social work.
Feb 9, 2008 · Baba Amte (1914-2008) was one of India’s most respected social and moral leaders. Medha Patkar is an Indian activist and one of the initiators of The Save the Narmada Movement, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA). The movement has mobilised people against huge dam projects since the late 1980s.
Innumerable awards, including Padma Vibhushan and the Magsaysay Award came the way of 94-year old Murlidhar Devidas alias Baba Amte, who once allowed bacilli from a leprosy patient to be...
The Somnath Prakalp was taken on hand by Baba Amte in 1967, situated at Somnath, about 60 miles from Anandwan on 1,300 acres of dense forest land. Baba Amte's ambition is to build a Workers' University (Man-power Training Centre) there. Presently 500 acres of land have been brought under
