Anna Hazare social activists in India
Anna Hazare social activists in India Born: June 15, 1937 (age 78), Bhingar Parents: Laxmibai Hazare, Baburao Hazare Awards: Padma Bhushan, CNN-IBN Indian of the Year, CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in Public Service Kisan Baburao Hazare Anna Hazare is one of India's well-acclaimed social activists. A former soldier in the Indian army, Anna is well known and respected for upgrading the ecology and economy of the village of Ralegan Siddhi which is located in the drought prone Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state. From a tenacious soldier to a social reformer, and a right to information crusader, Anna Hazare’s journey of four decades has been unprecedented in terms of a non-violent yet effective campaign of resurrecting a barren village into an `ideal village?model and empowering the faceless citizen through pioneering work on Right to Information. His efforts to empower grampanchayats, protect efficient government officers from frequent transfers and fight against the red tap