Anna Hazare Biography

Anna Hazare
Anna Hazare in Nanded, Maharastra
Born	Kisan Hazare 15 June 1937 (age 75) Bhingar, Bombay Province,British India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Kisan Baburao Hazare
Known for	Indian anti-corruption movement - 2012, Indian anti-corruption movement - 2011, Watershed development programmes, Right to Information
Influenced by	Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda
Political movement	Indian anti-corruption movement, Peace movement
Parents	Laxmibai Hazare Baburao Hazare
Awards	Padma Shri (1990) Padma Bhushan (1992)
Website
www.annahazare.org www.beinganna.org

Kisan Baburao Hazare 

Anna Hazare is a true Gandhian by character. A full time social protester and above all thoroughly influenced by Swami Vivekananda, a enormous saint of India who recognized the name of Hinduism on a global platform. Anna, as lovingly addressed, was quite distressed in his life and even he attempted suicide but failed. During that time he came across a book by Swami Vivekananda which really touched the life of Anna Hazare. He felt anxious because he lacked a goal or motivation for life. Well, the preach of Swami Vivekananda brought solace to his life. In this book Swami Vivekananda preached that the ‘ultimate motive of human life should be service to humanity’. This preach simply changed the view of Anna. It worked as a turnaround in his life. He took voluntary retirement from the Army, the then he was to be found as Sepoy. After that Anna went back to Ralegan Siddhi, his native village, and his journey as a social activist began with no fail.

Marital Status---- Bachelor

Anna undertook for the betterment of Ralegan Siddhi. Such as:

Alcohol was banned

Grain Bank

Education

Milk Production

Collective Marriages

Eradicated caste discrimination and untouchable policy

Gram Sabha

The contribution of Anna Hazare to the society has fetched him a huge recognition within India as well as outside. He received many awards and to name a few, such as:

Vriksha Mitra Award in 1986

Padmashree in 1990

Padmabhushan in 1992

Jit Gill Memorial Award for outstanding Public Service in 2008