3. Anna was born on June 15,
1937 at Bhingar.
Joined Military in 1962, and
served for 12 years.
In mid 1970’s survived a
serious road accident and
from theron he decided to
dedicate his life for the
country.
Awarded Padma Bhushan
for making Ralegaon Siddhi
as th Benchmark for other
villages
4. Prohibited Alchohol,
Started Grain Bank,
Watershed development
projects etc.
Started fighting against
corruption in 1991 by
setting up Bhrastachar
Virodhi Jan Andolan.
Introduced Maharashtra
Right to Information Act,
which proved the base
for the RTI Act 2005
5. Born in Haryana, son of
an engineer.
Graduated from IIT
Kharagpur, Cleared
UPSC in first attempt
and joined IRS
Before Joining IRS
worked with Mother
Terresa, Ramkrishna
Mission and Nehru
Yuva Kendra
6. Served as Additional
Commissioner of
Income Tax, New Delhi
Took Sabbatical from
his Job and Started
Parivartan, a NGO
fighting against
Corruption
Eminent figure in the
Anna Team
7. An Supreme Court
Advocate by Profession,
also served as The Union
law Minister in Morarji
Desai’s Government
As a law minister he
introduced Lokpal Bill in
1977.
He represented Raj
Narain case against
Indira Gandhi, then PM
and won it, which lead to
political unrest.
8. Son of Shanti
Bhushan, Supreme
Court Lawyer by
Profession
An IIT Madras
Graduate
Worked on around
500 PILs
9. Born in Punjab, was the first
women to join the Indian
Police Service
A ‘72 batch IPS officer, has
represented various posts in
her 35 years career.
Worked as Police Advisor to
Secretary General at UN.
Founder of Two NGO Navjyoti
and India Vision Foundation.
An international activist crime
prevention, drug abuse,
prison reforms and women
issues.
10. Journalist by Profession
Worked with Zee News before
joining the RTI movement.
Active Volunteer of Parivartan,
Trustee of Public Cause and
Research Foundation.
Also associated with Kabir
which educate people on RTI
by conducting workshops,
producing documentaries and
short films.
