Anna Hazare

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Anna Hazare, 2014

Kisan Baburao Hazare ( Marathi : किसन बापट बाबुराव हजारे, pronunciation ? / I , * June 15, 1937 or 1938 in Bhingar in the then province of Bombay , now Maharashtra ), known as Anna Hazare , is an Indian civil rights activist who played an important role in the demonstrations against corruption in 2011. Audio file / audio sample

Life

Hazare was born in 1937 and is Hindu . In 1963 he joined the army after India lost the Indo-Chinese border war . During the Second Indo-Pakistani War in 1965, he was the only survivor of a Pakistani air strike against the border post where he was stationed. In 1975 Hazare left the military. Then he helped to improve the quality of life in his impoverished home village. In particular, according to the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi , the sustainability of agriculture has been improved. In 1991 he founded the popular movement against corruption . In 1992 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan , the third highest Indian civil order, for his commitment .

On April 5, 2011, Hazare went on hunger strike to encourage the government to take anti-corruption measures. It sparked a mass movement that formed on the Internet, among other places. The government finally complied and set up a commission made up of government officials and civil society actors to deal with the problem. On April 9th, Hazare broke off the hunger strike.

Since, in his opinion, the draft law that was presented to parliament left many points open and was not suitable to solve the problem of corruption, Hazare announced that he would go on a hunger strike again in August. He was arrested on August 16 and was only to be released on condition not to starve. Hazare then started his hunger strike in prison and voluntarily stayed there. He left the detention center on August 19 and initially continued his high-profile hunger strike. Only after Parliament had signaled its willingness to respond to Hazare's essential demands during its deliberations on an anti-corruption law did he break off his action on August 28, 2011. In front of tens of thousands of cheering supporters in central New Delhi, he took a few sips of coconut milk and honey. His demands included the creation of an independent agency to oversee all ministers, MPs, and officials, as well as ombudsmen in all 29 states.

Web links

Commons : Anna Hazare  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to various media, cf. For example, Digivijay wishes Anna Hazare on his b'day, asks not to fast , oneindia.in 16 June, 2011.
  2. ↑ cf. Entry in the Library of Congress
  3. ^ A b Paul Beckett and Krishna Pokharel: Anna Hazare Styled a Life of Public Action After Gandhi ; Wall Street Journal Online, Aug. 20, 2011
  4. ↑ India's "big brother" fasts for justice , derstandard.at, August 18, 2011
  5. ↑ Padme Bushan , directory at india.gov.in, accessed on August 22, 2011
  6. ^ Sophie Mühlmann: Mahatma Gandhi with Internetgemeinde , Welt Online, August 18, 2011
  7. ↑ Tobias Matern: Hunger in the name of Gandhi , Süddeutsche Zeitung Online, August 22, 2011
  8. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel of August 28, 2011: Hunger for more
  9. ↑ Anna Hazare ends hunger strike Zeit Online, August 28, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Hazare, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hazare, Kisan Baburao
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian civil rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1937 or June 15, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Bhingar, Maharashtra