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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Medha Patkar

1954 - Today

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Medha Patkar (née Khanolkar; born 1 December 1954) is a politician and activist working on certain political and social issues raised by tribals, dalits, farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India. She is an alumnus of TISS, a premier institute of social science research in India.. Patkar is the founder member of the movement called Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) in three states: Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Medha Patkar has received more than 1,270,737 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Medha Patkar is the 450th most popular social activist (down from 449th in 2019), the 566th most popular biography from India (up from 666th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Medha Patkar ranks 450 out of 538. Before her are Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Denis Goldberg, Annie Kenney, Sakine Cansız, Osvaldo Hurtado, and Szeto Wah. After her are Bruno Manser, Wolfe Tone, Kim Ok, Bill Haywood, Ted Grant, and Virginia Bolten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Medha Patkar ranks 314. Before her are Cindy Breakspeare, Joe Bryant, Stanley A. McChrystal, Pankaj Kapur, Ján Kozák, and Terry Kinney. After her are Tarak Dhiab, Hary Gunarto, Gary L. Francione, Ruslan Aushev, Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, and Paul Bearer.

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In India

Among people born in India, Medha Patkar ranks 566 out of 1,493. Before her are Girija Devi (1929), Jeetendra (1942), Tim Severin (1940), Pankaj Kapur (1954), Paddy Ashdown (1941), and Tom Kibble (1932). After her are Zakir Hussain (1951), Rani Mukerji (1978), Gopinath Bordoloi (1890), Kumar Pallana (1918), Anandiben Patel (1941), and Shah Shuja (1616).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Medha Patkar ranks 34. Before her are Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), Har Dayal (1884), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Charu Majumdar (1918), and Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878). After her are Ela Bhatt (1933), Manilal Gandhi (1892), Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), Veerappan (1952), Shivakumara Swami (1907), and Nirmala Deshpande (1929).

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