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1 23 July He was born on 23 July 1856 at
1856 to 1 Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. As well
August as, he is also known as teacher,
1920 Indian nationalist, social Bal
reformer, lawyer and an Gangadhar
independence activist. Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak gained


popularity when he was made
first leader of the Indian
Independence Movement.
also known as first leader of the
Indian

He was one of the great activists


who wrote constitution of India.
14 April
1891 to 6 In terms of personal information,
2 December he was born on 14 April 1891 at
1956 Mhow which known as Central Bhimrao
Provinces in Maharashtra. He Ramji
best known for Movement Ambedkar
against the Untouchability
happening in society.

Indian government reputed him


with Bharat Ratna award in
1990.

3 11 April He was also known as Jotiba


1827 – 28 Phule was an Indian social
November activist, thinker, anti-caste social Jyotirao
1890 reformer and writer from Govindrao
Maharashtra. Phule

His work extended to many fields


including eradication of
untouchability and the caste
system, and women's
emancipation

On 24 September 1873, Phule,


along with his followers, formed
the Satyashodhak Samaj (Society
of Seekers of Truth) to attain
equal rights for people from
lower castes
4 28 May He was popularly known as Veer Vinayak
1883 to Savarkar ("brave" in his native Damodar
26 Marathi language),was an Indian Savarkar
February independence activist, politician,
1966 lawyer, writer, and the
formulator of the Hindutva
philosophy.

5 1 October He was also known as Nanaji Chandikadas


1916 to Deshmukh (11 October 1916 – Amritrao
27 27 February 2010) was a social Deshmukh
February activist from India. He worked in
2010 the fields of education, health,
and rural self-reliance. He was
honoured with the Padma
Vibhushan in 1999. He was
posthumously awarded the
Bharat Ratna, India's highest
civilian award in 2019 by
Government of India. He was a
leader of the Bharatiya Jana
Sangh and also a member of the
Rajya Sabha.The motto of his
project was:

“Har hath ko denge kaam, har


khet ko denge paanee”.
6 26 He was also known as Baba Amt Murlidhar
December was an Indian social worker and Devidas
1914 – 9 social activist known particularly Amte
February for his work for the rehabilitation
2008 and empowerment of people
suffering from leprosy. He has
received numerous awards and
prizes including the Padma
Vibhushan, the Dr. Ambedkar
International Award, the Gandhi
Peace Prize, the Ramon
Magsaysay Award, the
Templeton Prize and the
Jamnalal Bajaj Award.
7 18 April Dhondo Keshav Karve, popularly Dhondo
1858 to 9 known as Maharshi Karve, was a Keshav
November social reformer in India in the Karve
1962 field of women's welfare. In his
honour, Queen's Road in Mumbai
(Bombay) was renamed to
Maharshi Karve Road. Karve was
a pioneer in promoting widows'
education.The Government of
India awarded him with the
highest civilian award, the Bharat
Ratna, in 1958, the year of his
100th birthday

8 15 June Kisan Baburao Hazare, popularly


1937 (age known as Anna Hazare is an
82) Indian social activist who led
movements to promote rural
development, increase
government transparency and
investigate and punish
corruption in public life. In Kisan
addition to organising and Baburao
encouraging grassroots Hazare
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.

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