- Kisan Baburao "Anna" Hazare is an Indian social activist who led movements to promote rural development, increase government transparency, and investigate and punish corruption in public life
| Founded: | 1937 | | How old is Anna Hazare in 2024? / Age: | 86 years
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Anna Hazare facts
- In addition to organising and encouraging grassroots movements, Hazare frequently conducted hunger strikes to further his causes—a tactic reminiscent, to many, of the work of Mohandas K
- Gandhi
- Hazare also contributed to the development and structuring of Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India
- He was awarded the Padma Bhushan—the third-highest civilian award—by the Government of India in 1992 for his efforts in establishing this village as a model for others
- Hazare started a hunger strike on 5 April 2011 to exert pressure on the Indian government to enact a stringent anti-corruption law, The Lokpal Bill, 2011 as envisaged in the Jan Lokpal Bill, for the institution of an ombudsman with the power to deal with corruption in public places
- The fast led to nationwide protests in support
- The fast ended on 9 April 2011, a day after the government accepted Hazare's demands
- The government issued a gazette notification on the formation of a joint committee, consisting of government and civil society representatives, to draft the legislation
- Foreign Policy magazine named him among top 100 global thinkers in 2011
- Also in 2011, Hazare was ranked as the most influential person in Mumbai by a national daily newspaper
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