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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Baba Amte

1914 - 2008

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Murlidhar Devidas Amte (), popularly known as Baba Amte, (26 December 1914 – 9 February 2008) was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baba Amte has received more than 1,797,931 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Baba Amte is the 270th most popular social activist (up from 286th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from India (up from 323rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Baba Amte ranks 270 out of 538Before him are Charles Boycott, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Clara Barton, Nimr al-Nimr, Viktors Arājs, and M. N. Roy. After him are Eunus, Leymah Gbowee, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Carlo Cafiero, and Li Hongzhi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Baba Amte ranks 124Before him are Juan Carlos Onganía, Dobri Dobrev, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Paul Tortelier, Maxim of Bulgaria, and Joe Shuster. After him are Howard Fast, Sun Ra, Kenny Clarke, Yahya Khan, Martin Ritt, and Taisen Deshimaru. Among people deceased in 2008, Baba Amte ranks 107Before him are Leyla Gencer, Mate Parlov, Marie Smith Jones, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Fred Sinowatz, and Eva Dahlbeck. After him are Bronisław Geremek, Albert Cossery, Anthony Mamo, Joseph Weizenbaum, Boris Shakhlin, and Šaban Bajramović.

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In India

Among people born in India, Baba Amte ranks 303 out of 1,493Before him are Matsyendranatha (901), M. N. Roy (1887), Gupta (240), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), M. Karunanidhi (1924), and Chittaranjan Das (1869). After him are Guru Hargobind (1595), Zail Singh (1916), Nargis (1929), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Abanindranath Tagore (1871), and Govind Ballabh Pant (1887).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Baba Amte ranks 19Before him are C. Rajagopalachari (1878), Jayaprakash Narayan (1902), Anna Hazare (1937), Khudiram Bose (1889), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), and M. N. Roy (1887). After him are Harilal Gandhi (1888), Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858), Bhikaiji Cama (1861), Ram Manohar Lohia (1910), Pingali Venkayya (1876), and Aruna Asaf Ali (1909).