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THE BIRTH AND RISE OF ANNA
HAZARE
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EARLY LIFE
Kisan Baburao Hazare popularly known
as Anna Hazare was born on 15 June 1937 in
Bhingar,Bombay.
Undertook schooling till seventh grade.
Hazare was recruited by Army in April 1963,
despite not meeting the physical
requirements.
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TRANSFORMATION OF ANNA
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Hazare
was the sole survivor of an enemy attack.
He interpreted his survival as a further sign
that his life was intended to be dedicated to
the service of the community.
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TRANSFORMATION OF RALEGAN
SIDDHI
Hazare returned to Ralegan Siddhi, a village of
India plagued by acute poverty, deprivation &
a fragile ecosystem.
Hazare and the youth group decided to take
up the issue of alcoholism as a means to drive
a process of reform.
Over thirty liquor brewing units were closed
by their owners voluntarily.
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OTHER REFORMS IN RALEGAN
In 1980, the Grain Bank was started by him at thetemple, with the objective of providing foodsecurity to needful farmers.
As a secondary occupation, milk production waspromoted in Ralegan Siddhi.
In 1932, Ralegan Siddhi got its first formal school,a single classroom primary school.
The social barriers and discrimination that existeddue to the caste system in India have been largelyeliminated by Ralegan Siddhi villagers.
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ACTIVISM & ANNA
Anti-corruption protests in MaharashtraIn 1991 Hazare launched the Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan
Aandolan (BVJA).
In the same year he protested against the collusion
between 40 forest officials and timber merchants.
This protest resulted in the transfer and suspension of
these officials.
In 2003 corruption charges were raised by Hazare against four NCP ministers of
the Congress-NCP government.
He started his fast unto death on 9 August 2003.
Then chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde formed a one-man commission to probe
his charges.
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RIGHT TO INFORMATION MOVEMENTIn the early 2000s Hazare led a movement in
Maharashtra state which forced the state
government to enact a revised Maharashtra Right
to Information Act.
This Act was later considered as the base
document for the Right to Information Act 2005
(RTI).
Union Cabinet amended the Right to Information
Act 2005 to exclude the file noting by the
government officials from its purview.
Hazare began his fast unto death on 9 August 2006
in Alandi against the proposed amendment.
He ended his fast on 19 August 2006, after the
government agreed to change its earlier decision.
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CAMPAIGN AGAINST LIQUOR FROM
FOOD GRAINS
In 2007 Maharashtra Government rolled out the
grain-based liquor policy aimed to encourage
production of liquor from food grain.
Anna Hazare opposed the governments policy to
promote making liquor from food grains inMaharashtra.
Hazare initiated fast at Shirdi, but on 21 March
2010 government promised to review the policy
and Anna ended his 5 day long fast.
On 20 August 2009 Maharashtra government stopped the policy.
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LOKPAL BILL MOVEMENTIn 2011, Hazare initiated a Satyagraha movement
for passing a stronger anti-corruption Lokpal bill
in the Indian Parliament as conceived in the Jan
Lokpal Bill.
Hazare began his Indefinite Fast on 5 April 2011
at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to press for the demand
to form a joint committee of the representatives
to draft a stronger anti-corruption bill.
The movement attracted attention in the media, and
thousands of supporters.
On 8 April 2011 the Government of India accepted all
demands of the movement.
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DIFFERENCES WITH GOVERNMENT ON
DRAFT BILL
Union government members opposed the
inclusion of the prime minister, higher judiciary
and the acts of the MPs under the purview of
the Lokpal in the draft bill.
Hazare rejected the government version and decided to go on an indefinite fast
from 16 August 2011 at Jantar Mantar .
On 16 August 2011, Hazare was arrested four hours before the planned indefinite
hunger strike.
On 20 August 2011 Hazare "left the Tihar Jail for the Ramlila Grounds to begin
indefinite fast.
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INDEFINITE FAST
On 20 August 2011 thousands came to theRamlila Maidan in New Delhi to show their
support for Hazare.
It was reported that Hazare at that point had
"lost more than seven pounds since beginninghis fast.
Hazare ended his fast on 28 August 2011, after
the Indian Government had passed the
resolution for the Lokpal Bill unanimously.
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