Anna Hazare real Name Kisan
Bapat Baburao Hazare was born
15 January 1940 is an Indian
social activist who is especially
recognized for his contribution
to the development of Ralegan
Siddhi, a village in Parner taluka
of Ahmednagar district,
Maharashtra, India and his
efforts for establishing it as a
model village, for which he was
awarded the Padma Bhushan by
the Government of India in 1992.
Anna Hazare in Indian Army:
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 Indo-Pakistani
Warof 1965, he was the only
survivor in a border exchange of
fire, while driving a truck. During
the mid-1970s he was again
involved in a road accident while
driving. In 1978, he took
voluntary retirement from the
9th Maratha Battalion and
returned home to Ralegaon
Siddhi, a village in Maharashtra's
drought-prone Ahmadnagar.
Anna Hazare and Lokpal Bill: On
5 April 2011, Hazare started a
'fast unto death' to exert
pressure on the Government of
India to enact a strong anti-
corruption act as envisaged in
the Jan Lokpal Bill, a law that will
establish a Lokpal (ombudsman)
that will have the power to deal
with corruption in public offices.
The fast led to nation wide
protests in support of Hazare.
The fast ended on 9 April 2011.
All of his demands of the
movement are agreed by the
Government of India and
Government issued a gazette
notification on formation of a
joint committee headed by
senior minister Pranab
Mukherjee to draft an effective
Lokpal Bill.
