Anna Hazare | Wikipedia audio article
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Anna Hazare


00:01:48 1 Early life
00:03:07 2 Military service
00:05:25 3 Transformation of Ralegan Siddhi
00:07:09 3.1 Prohibition of alcohol
00:09:08 3.2 Grain Bank
00:09:50 3.3 Watershed development programme
00:10:54 3.4 Education
00:11:53 3.5 Removal of untouchability
00:12:36 3.6 Gram Sabha
00:13:20 4 Activism
00:13:29 4.1 Anti-corruption protests in Maharashtra
00:16:38 4.2 Right to Information movement
00:17:32 4.3 Regulation of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of Official Duties Act
00:18:49 4.4 Campaign against liquor from food grains
00:21:19 4.5 Lokpal Bill movement
00:22:06 4.5.1 Hunger strike
00:25:57 4.5.2 Draft bill
00:27:37 4.5.3 Indefinite fast
00:29:52 4.5.4 Arrest and aftermath
00:32:05 4.5.5 Fast at Ramlila Maidan
00:33:57 4.5.6 I Am Anna Chant
00:34:39 4.5.7 Fast on MMRDA ground
00:35:33 4.6 Electoral reform movement
00:36:26 4.7 Protest against atrocities against Swami Ramdev and his supporters
00:37:37 4.8 2015 Land acquisition ordinance protest
00:38:00 5 Controversies and criticism
00:38:10 5.1 Alleged link with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
00:38:57 5.2 Acting as proxy for political parties
00:39:42 5.3 Views on Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar
00:40:43 5.4 Accusations of corruption
00:42:16 5.5 Accusation of being anti-democratic and anti-Dalit
00:44:34 5.6 Accusation of being anti-Muslim
00:46:34 6 Conspiracy to murder Hazare
00:48:25 7 Honours, awards and international recognition
00:48:36 7.1 Film
00:48:55 8 Personal life
00:49:39 9 Writings
00:50:39 10 See also



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Kisan Baburao Hazare (pronunciation ; born 15 June 1937), popularly known as Anna Hazare (pronunciation ), is an Indian social activist who led movements to promote rural development, increase government transparency, and investigate and punish corruption in public life. 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. He has faced criticism for his authoritarian views on justice, including death as punishment for corrupt public officials and his alleged support for forced vasectomies as a method of family planning.