Who is Hazare ?

Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare, (Hindi: ) , popularly known as Anna Hazare, is a social activist who is especially recognized for his contribution to the development of Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, In dia and his efforts for establishing it as a model village, for which he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by Government of India, in 1992.

EARLY

LIFE

Anna Hazare was born in Bhingar village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state in western India to Baburao Hazare and Laxmi Bai, an unskilled labourer family who owned five acres of land. Due to adverse conditions in 1952 they had to move to their family home in Ralegan Siddhi. He was raised by his childless aunt in Mumbai but could not continue beyond VII standard and had to quit midway due to financial problems

CAREER

OTHER ACTIVITIES
Anna Hazare started his career as a driver in the Indian Army. He spent his spare time reading the books of Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Vinoba Bhave that inspired him to become a social worker and activist. During the mid-1970s he was involved in a road accident while driving but he survived In 1975, he led a movement to eradicate alcoholism from the village. Next, he motivated the residents of the village into shramdan (voluntary labour) to build canals, small-scale check-dams and percolation tanks in the nearby hills for watershed development. He also motivated the residents of the village to build a secondary school in the village through voluntary labour

QUESTION BEING

RAISED OVER ANNA

What is the net worth of this man?

On April 16, 2011, he declared his bank balance of Rs - 67,183/- and Rs- 1,500/- as money in hand. He owns 0.07 hectares of family land in Ralegan Siddhi which is being used by his brothers. Two other pieces of land donated to him by the Indian Army and by a villager, have been donated by him for village use. He is receiving pension from Indian army from where he took voluntary retirement.

AWARDS
AWARDS TO ANNA HAZARE PADMABHUSHAN AWARD Presented by R. Venkatraman ( president of India) on 6th April 1992 at Delhi for Anna Hazare's social work. PADMASHRI AWARD Presented by R. Venkatraman ( President of India) on 24th march 1990 at Delhi for Anna Hazare's social work. PRIY DARSHINI VRIKSHA MITRA AWARD, GOVT. INDIA KRUSHI BHUSAHAN GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA YOUNG INDIA AWARD

AWARDS
MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD 1988

PAUL MITTAL NATIONAL AWARD 2000 (NEHRU SIDHANT KENDER TRUST LUDHIYNA 14001) Presented by shri. Balaramji Das Tandon (Minister, Punjab) on 14th november 2000. TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL (IT) INTEGRITY AWARD 2003 FROM TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL .
DOCTORATE DEGREE GANDHIGRAM RURAL INSTITUTE-DEEMED UNIVERSITY GANDHIGRAM DINDIGUL, TAMIL NADU-8-11-05 VIVEKANANDA SEVA PURASKAR 1994 Presented by Shri.Bada Bajar Kumar Sabha Pustakalay, Calcutta on 12th June 1996 for Anna Hazare's social work done for develop village as a family.

AWARDS
SHIROMANI AWARD 1996 presented by P.A.Sangma (Speaker of Lok sabha) on 22nd February 1997 at New Delhi for Anna Hazares contribution to National Development Integration, Enrichment of life and for his outstanding achievements in the choosen field of activities(social service). MAHAVEER PURASKAR 1997 presented by Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation , Chennai on 2th April 1997 for Anna Hazares excellent in sphere of social & community service. DIWALIBEN MEHTA AWARD presented by Shri.Panduranga Shastri Athavale on 8th January 1999 at Mumbai for Anna Hazares Hard, Sincere, Dedicated & Devoted social work.

INTERNATIONAL

AWARDS

CARE INTERNATIONAL AWARD 1998 presented by Care International Humanitarian on 8th May 1998 at Washington,D.C, USA for Anna Hazare demonstrating a profound commitment to improving life in developing world. Care Recognized Anna Hazares devotion to the ideas of sustainable development with whole hearted participation of villagers including women & youth. GIANTS INTERNATIONAL AWARD presented by Shri.Vilas Rao Deshmukh (Chief Minister of Maharashtra) on 17th sept. 2000 for Shri.Anna hazare's social work NATIONAL INTERGRATION AWARD presented by (DhumLajee)chiefminister- Himothkursh Sahithy Samskruthi Avam Jana Kalyal Parishad, UNA, Himachal Pradesh on 14th February 1999 for Anna Hazares Social Work.

INTERNATIONAL

AWARDS

VISHWA-VATSALYA & SANTBAL AWARD presented at Ahmedabad for Anna Hazares universal services to mankind including his incessant fight against corruption and his inspiring efforts to improve the living condition of the poor & to raise the ethical levels of the society. JANA SEVA PURASKAR presented by Smt. Rajmathi at Sangle, Maharashtra on 28th February 1998 for Anna Hazares Social Work. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL MANAV SEVA PURASKAR presented by Supreme Court Judge Shri. D.P. Wadhwa at India Habitual Center , Lodhi Road, New Delhi on 21st Feb 1998 for Anna Hazares Crusade against Corruption

PURASKAR

His movements so far

Anti-corruption protests in Maharashtra
Right to Information movement Regulation of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of Official Duties Act Campaign against liquor from food grains Lokpal Bill movement

ENACTION RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT

In the early 2000s, Anna Hazare led a movement in Maharastra state, which forced the Government of Maharashtra to repeal the earlier weak act and pass a more stronger Right to Information Act, which was later considered as the base document for the Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI), enacted by the Union Government. It also ensured that the President of India assented to this new act.

LOKPAL BILL MOVEMENT

In 2011, Anna Hazare led a movement for passing a stronger anti-corruption Lokpal (ombudsman) bill in the Indian Parliament. As a part of this movement, N. Santosh Hegde, a former justice of the Supreme Court of India and Lokayukta of Karnataka, Prashant Bhushan, a senior lawyer in the Supreme Court along with the members of the India Against Corruption movement drafted an alternate bill, named as the Jan Lokpal Bill (People's Ombudsman Bill) with more stringent provisions and wider power to the Lokpal (Ombudsman).

Hazare has started a fast unto death from 5 April 2011 at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, to press for the demand to form a joint committee of the representatives of the Government and the civil society to draft a new bill with more stronger penal actions and more independence to the Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Ombudsmen in the states), after his demand was rejected by the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh After Congress Govt Agreed to form joint committee he broke his fast .

10 MEMBER COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO DRAFT LOKPAL BILL BUT FAILED

ANNA HAZAR

VS

GOVERNMENT

The announced plans of social activist Anna Hazare to go on a fast unto death from August 16 in support of the demand of the anti-corruption movement headed by him for a stronger Jan Lok Pal Bill than the one introduced by the government in Parliament poses an executive and moral dilemma to the government of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh The executive dilemma arises from the fact that an attempt to commit suicide for whatever purpose is a criminal offence under the Indian Penal Code and the Government is legally bound to act against the threatened fast, if necessary, by arresting Hazare either before or during his fast in order to save his life and to prevent a public disorder. The executive dilemma is enhanced by the danger that the act of saving his life might be interpreted as a violation of his right to protest and might lead to an even greater public disorder. The moral dilemma arises from the fact that a fast unto death as a form of protest has been an accepted weapon since the days of Mahatma Gandhi. He used the threat of fast unto death on some occasions against the British rulers because he was left with no other way of expressing his protest over the failure of the British to concede his demands.

ANNA HAZARE

ARRESTATION

Activist Anna Hazare was on Tuesday 16 Aug 2011 detained by Delhi Police ahead of his scheduled fast at the Jai Prakash Narain Park in the city. Also detained were Arvind Kejriwal and other supporters. The police action prompted protests against the government and the police. Reacting to the Delhi Police action, former IPS officer and social activist Kiran Bedi said: "I have been saying that the Delhi Police is being given directions. He has been taken into preventive custody even when he has not broken any law. Emergency has revisited the country. This detention is unconstitutional and undemocratic." Since early morning, a group of people had thronged an east Delhi apartment where Anna Hazare was staying to pledge their support ahead of his protest demanding a strong Lokpal. The 74-year-old social activist, who is staying at Supreme Enclave, was planning to stage an indefinite fast at Jai Prakash Narain Park, near Feroj Shah Kotla Stadium, where prohibitory orders have been imposed.

ANNA AGREES TO 14-DAY FAST AT RAMLILA MAIDAN

In a late night breakthrough, 18 Aug 2011 Anna Hazare and his team have agreed to 14-day fast at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. The social activist, who will go under a check up at Tihar jail at 10 am, will reach the protest venue around 3pm in an open jeep. Though for the time being there has been a breakthrough, Anna Hazare's basic demand of civil society draft of lokpal bill being introduced in Parliament remains. Police negotiators, Hazare and his associates came to an agreement on several issues. They agreed that the fast venue would be the spacious Ramlila Grounds and that there would be no ceiling on the number of protesters. They also agreed that loudspeakers would be used at the venue and that Hazare would be examined by government as well as private and personal Doctors

PEOPLE

PARTICIPATION
Checkered shorts and a Gandhi topi is a fashion felony. But 29-year-old Shailesh Saraf doesn't care; he has never blindly followed a popular trend. Currently on "FL or fasting leave", Saraf, a vice president with Morgan Stanley, is down from Hong Kong to campaign for the Jan Lokpal bill. Saraf was among the 72 protesters who were fasting for the second consecutive day at Azad Maidan; two new recruits joined the fast on Wednesday. At the maidan, Saraf intermittently checks his Blackberry, not for investment updates or market movements but for news of Anna Hazare's release. For the most part, he sits on the stage, listening to people unspooling long speeches about the corruption they'd faced.

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