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This man, found his purpose during the Emergency in India in 1975 and has never rested ever since.

Meet a long time Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS) prachaarak.

Moolchand Lodha

🥇Padma Shri 2023 | Rajasthan
Social Work
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He was a campaigner in his native place, Dungarpur n Banswara during the Emergency,n it was during this time,he came to understand the suffering of the people in d area

He then took a vow to dedicate his life serving people in need.

He opened an eye hospital with help of others
He opened an ashram in the Majhole village with five orphans, and started teaching, The Ashram provided other essential services to the underprivileged communities in the area. Soon the ashram had many ppl.
He opened a primary school for children, which was promoted by
Gulabchand Kataria, the then Education Minister.

He migrated to various districts while working on human welfare with d Sangh.

He established Jagran Jan Seva Mandal in 2000 in the tribal village of Majhola. The organization’s mission is to provide essential services to the...
tribal communities in the region, including medical care, education, and welfare services.
All this on a 15 Bigha land given to him.(detailed article below)

Today, the Acharya Mahapragya Eye Hospital,Orphan Ashram, his school,Bhojanshalan Yagyashala r running in this area.
The hospital mainly performs cataract operations along with many other eye procedures.

Over 18,000 people have been operated n 1.6 lakh have been examined in the previous 15 years.The majority of these patients were tribal members from low-income households.

Moolchand Lodha 🙏
Full detailed article- indiacsr.in/moolchand-lodh…

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Living away from India, I felt telling my 9 yo about Padma award Winners is a good way to teach him about India, where people can achieve greatness despite poverty and obstacles.

So making this thread as I tell him these stories to help him give examples.
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As a representative of the public from 1978-1994, Wangchu worked tirelessly towards the preservation and promotion of the rich cultural heritage in the border areas of the state.
He also diligently served d people at grass root level,by taking govt. policies n development schemes to the remotest corners and border areas of Tawang district.
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This man, risked his life and visited militant infested areas in Tripura for decades, to give courage to people.

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Bikram Bahadur Jamatia

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Bikram Bahadur Jamatia lives in his native village Moharcherra. He has dedicated his life to uplift and protect the tribals of Tripura

During the 1990's,the 2nd phase of insurgency started rising

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Ignoring threats n motivated the tribals to stand up against NLFT,ATTF n small insurgent groups active in Tripura.

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Mar 26
This man befriended a hostile tribe, which is beleived to have existed for 30,000 - 50,000 yrs and saved them from extinction!

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Dr. Ratan Chandra Kar

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In 1998, a measles like disease hit the Jarawa tribe in the village of Kadmatla and Lakhralungta of Andaman and Nicobar islands.
The Jarawa tribe was known to shoot strangers with poison arrows at sight but it didn't deter Dr. Kar.

He not only introduced himself with gifts,coconuts n bananas but made door to door visits to befriend them.
The first day,he entered a hut n put ointment on an injured tribal.
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The Siddhi community of African descent were brought as slaves to India by Islamic dynasties in the 7th century and later enslaved by British.

This Siddhi woman decided to change the fate and future of her community.

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To save her land from being sold, she started looking for other means of income.
She heard about organic compost on a radio telecast and decided to work on that.
Using Organic compost as a means of earning,she brought many women of her community to work with her and train
She retained those who were willing to study along with working.

She has worked with more than 700 women n helped them move from their traditional occupation to compost
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This woman, married at the age of 2 and at 7, was thrown in a well by her own father for singing, has won many awards for Pandvani singing.

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