3. Anna Hazare is an Indian
social activist and a
prominent leader in the
2011 & 2012 Indian anti-
corruption movement, using
nonviolent methods
following the teachings of
Mahatma Gandhi
4.
5. The experiences of wartime, coupled
with the poverty from which he had come,
affected him. He was the sole survivor of
an enemy attack—variously claimed to
have been a bomb, an aerial assault and an
exchange of fire at the border—while he
was driving a truck.
6. He said of the truck attack, "[It] sent me
thinking. I felt that God wanted me to stay
alive for some reason. I was reborn in the
battlefield of Khem Karan. And I decided to
dedicate my new life to serving people.”
7.
8. Anti-corruption protests in Maharashtra.
Right to Information movement
Regulation of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in
Discharge of Official Duties Act
Hunger Strike(5 april)
Indefinite fast for India Against Corruption
programme.(28 july)
Lokpal Bill movement(16aug,2011)
Arrest and aftermath(16 aug,2011)
Fast at ramlila maidan(20 aug,2011)
Editor's Notes
While India currently has a number of laws intended to stem corruption, supporters of the Jan Lokpal Bill have argued that the current laws are inadequate in light of the large number and size of scandals in IndiaThe Lokpal Bill was first introduced by ShantiBhushan in 1968,cost-1700 cr.As is the case with the Supreme Court of India and Cabinet Secretariat, the Lokpal will be supervised by the Cabinet Secretary and the Election Commission. As a result, it will be completely independent of the government and free from ministerial influence in its investigations
