Monday, August 15, 2011

Anna Hazare-21st Century Gandhi

Anna Hajare. His full Name is Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare.

Borned in 15 January 1940 at Bhingar village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state.He was raised by his childless aunt in Mumbai but could not continue beyond VII standard and had to quit midway due to problems.He has two sisters.

1963Anna Hazare started his career as a driver in the Indian Army.

During his 15-year tenure as a soldier, he was posted to several states like Sikkim, Bhutan, Jammu-Kashmir, Assam, Mizoram, Leh and Ladakh and braved challenging weathers.

Anna was greatly influenced by Swami Vivekananda’s teachings.As his words he is on 24th, He got depressed by the life, he is not getting a meaning for live and there by he decided to Sucide, that time he show a wallposter of a vivekanada biography book and he purchsed, after reading a complete book he decided to today onwards "My Parivaar is Indians there by i not get Marry and I will live for My Country". 

In 1978, he took voluntary retirement from the 9th Maratha Battalion

After serving 15 Years in Army Anna took the voluntary retirement and returned to his native place in Ralegan Siddhi, in the Parner tehsil of Ahmednagar district.

Ralegan Siddhi falls in the drought-prone area with a mere 400 to 500 mm of annual rainfall.
There were no weirs to retain rainwater.
During the month of April and May, water tankers were the only means of drinking water.
Almost 80 per cent of the villagers were dependent on other villages for food grains. Residents used to walk for more than four to six kilometers in search of work
Hazare came across the work of one Vilasrao Salunke, a resident of Saswad near Pune who had started a novel project of water management through watershed development in a joint venture with the Gram Panchyat. Hazare visited the project and decided to implement it in Ralegan Siddhi.
He steered the villagers to begin working towards water conservation.
At the outset, they completed 48 Nala Bunding work, contour trenches, staggered trenches, gully plugs, meadows development and of forestation of 500 hectares of land. Thereafter, they constructed five RCC weirs and 16 Gabion Weirs.
This resulted in increase in the ground water level.







Hazare’s Ralegan Siddhi became the first role model of an ideal village from the worst village to an ideal village.
From last five years 6 lacks people Came from Accross the World to Study purpose. Hence Anna hazare work get value from the world. 







For his Work he got so many Awardes, they Are Listed Below. 
  • PADMABHUSHANA on-1992,
  • PADMASHRI AWARD on-1990,
  • CARE INDIA AWARD-1998.
  • PRIY DARSHINI VRIKSHA MITRA AWARD, GOVT. INDIA,
  • KRUSHI BHUSAHAN GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA
  • YOUNG INDIA AWARD
  • MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD 1988
  • PAUL MITTAL NATIONAL AWARD 2000 (NEHRU SIDHANT KENDER TRUST LUDHIYANA)
  • 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
  • SHIROMANI AWARD 1996 
  • MAHAVEER PURASKAR 1997
  • DIWALIBEN MEHTA AWARD
  • GIANTS INTERNATIONAL AWARD
  • BASAVSHRI PRASHASTI 2000 AWARD(
    Presented by Shri.Jagadguru Murugharajendra Brihan Math at S.J.M.Math, Chitradurga , Karnataka on 4th June 2000 for Anna Hazare’s relentless effort to bring in the value of based way of life in the society. )
  • NATIONAL INTERGRATION AWARD
  • VISHWA-VATSALYA & SANTBAL AWARD
  • JANA SEVA PURASKAR
  • ROTARY INTERNATIONAL MANAV SEVA PURASKAR etc.
I Am Quoting here one of the Annas words about Social service.

"The dream of India as a strong nation will not be realized without self-reliant, self-sufficient villages, this can be achieved only through social commitment & involvement of the common man."
 As his words he is living a common man of India, he used to stay One of temple room in his village, Village people preparing cook for Anna. He has not had any property other than love of the People.

Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Aandolan (BVJA):-

Anna rightly thought that Development is marred by corruption and started a new venture in 1991 called Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Aandolan (BVJA) or public movement against corruption.
It was found that some 42 forest officers had duped the state government for crores of rupees through corruption in confederacy.
Hazare submitted the evidences to the government but the latter was reluctant to take action against all these officers as one of the ministers of the ruling party was involved in the scam.

A distressed Hazare returned the Padmashree Award to the President of India and also returned the Vriksha Mitra Award given by then prime minister of India Rajiv Gandhi.His commitment shows about make anti corruption India by above said works, Awardes also not mine in front of his work. There by I use to say him 21st century Gandhi. Gandhi saying that do not use hard words to comment any body, but Anna says that ‘Days are changed we will walk on Gandhi’s root as moderate way which demands today’.

Fight Againest criminal and corrupt officers as well as six of the ministers Of Maharastra Governament:-

He further went on an indefinite hunger strike in Alandi on the same issue.
Finally, the government woke up and took action against the criminal and corrupt officers as well as six of the ministers were forced to resign and more than 400 officers from different government offices were sent back to home.
In 1995 Shiv Sena-BJP government came to power in the state
Hazare raised the issue of alleged massive land purchase by Gholap's wife Shashikala in Nashik between April to September 1996.
He forwarded the available documentary evidences in support of his allegations to then Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander
On 4 November 1997; Gholap filed a defamation suit against Hazare for accusing him of corruption.
On 9 September 1998, Anna Hazare was imprisoned in the Yerawada Jail after being sentenced to simple imprisonment for three months by the Mumbai Metropolitan Court all political parties, every one from Maharashtra except the BJP and the Shiv Sena came in support of him
Later due to public protest, outcry the Government of Maharashtra ordered his release from the jail.
The state government has opened cooperative societies, credit societies & urban banks everywhere in states.
However, the directors of such societies do the corruption and failed to pay back the basic amount to the members of the societies.
Thus poor people get cheated when Anna saw this he again began his agitation against this.

Hazare agitated for over eight months.
The result was that more than Rs 125 crore was recovered from defaulters and the members of such societies heaved a sigh of relief.
Recovery of around Rs. 400 crores is in the pipeline.
After this Anna started to fight for the Right to information act.
Government ignored Anna.

Awareness movement about RTI (Right to information):-

In 1997 Anna agitated in Azad Maidan in Mumbai to create mass public awareness about RTI amongst the youth.
Anna started to travel across state.

Government promised Anna they will pass RTI act but in reality they never did it.
For this Anna agitated ten times for this law.

When Anna saw that Government is not willing to pass this law Anna went on an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan on July 2003.
After 12 days of Hunger strike in Azad Maidan the President of India signed the draft of the Right to Information Act and ordered the state government to implement it with effect from 2002. The same draft was considered as the base document for the making of the National Right to Information Act-2005.

In 2003 Anna Hazare raised corruption charges against 4 ministers of the Congress-NCP government
Government ignored him
Then Anna started his fast unto death agitation on 9 August 2003.
He ended his fast on 17 August 2003 after then chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde formed a one man commission, headed by the retired justice P. B. Sawant to probe his charges.
The P. B. Sawant commission report was submitted on 23 February 2005, indicted Suresh Jain, Nawab Malik and Padmasinh Patil.
Suresh Jain and Nawab Malik resigned from the cabinet in March 2005
Jan Lokpal Bill:-

Agitation and hunger strike at the age of 73 and great victory against powerful and rich government

India against corruption 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)

On April 5 2011 Again Anna started second freedom struggle in India.
Anna wrote to everyone regarding Jan Lok Pal bill but no one listened him
after that on 5th April 2011 Started fast unto death to wake up the government for India.
Anna started war against corruption in India.
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 stronger penal actions and more independence to the Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Ombudsmen in the states)

In beginning Government of India ignored him, many people said many things, but as First day was over Anna got the support from every corner of India and
No one has expected such a support Anna will get for this bill.

Over night table were turned and after 4 days of discussion with government of India servants.
Finally Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh realized that demand of Anna is right and government accepted all the demands of Anna.
Thus Jantar Mantar saved from becoming another Tahir Square.

The Government made a big drama in front of Anna and as well as in front of Nation, Government Finalized a week janlokpal bill it is not matching any subject of civil society Members view. In the demand of strong janlokpal Bill (as civil society views ) Anna once again Starting his hunger strike from tomorrow on jantar mantar new Delli. To defeat Anna, Congress making base less Corruption allegation on him. It can’t believe Any Body, if you have any doubt on this please refer below;-

Anna Hazare has given his life for the benefit of India.

He got the home in his village but he has not entered in that house from last 35 years.

Anna Hazare and Properties –

Anna Hazare has declared he has got Rs68, 688 in bank balance and cash and three pieces of land
Hazare's lands were either donated to him or family owned
In his statement, Hazare said two land pieces measuring 0.07 Hectares and two hectares are in his native village in Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra while 0.46 hectare of land is in Pimpianer.
one of the pieces of land in Ralegan Siddhi was donated by Army to him which he has donated for village use
the Pimpianer land was donated to him by a villager.Hazare has further donated this land for village use.
Now I leave you to decide about allegations on Anna which congress is telling.

Any how from tomorrow onwards Anna once again starting hunger strike for us, For Our India for Cleaned developed country for our next generation. So we should support him, Today we have so many social sites by that we can make revolution, or we can sit for protest, or  we can give company to Anna’s supporters, So many choices we have .If nation raise this issue with Anna government will come to our way. Its benefits will share each and every persons of India. Hope it will possible there by a real mined independence India will get.
                                                                                   Your's
                                                                                   Raghavendra thekkar

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