Swami Agnivesh[2] (born Vepa Shyam Rao; 21 September 1939 – 11 September 2020[3]), was an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj.[4][5] He also served as a cabinet minister in the state of Haryana.[6][1] He is best known for his work against bonded labour through the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, which he founded in 1981.[1]
He was a founder of the World Council of Arya Samaj, an organisation distinct from Dayanand's Arya Samaj,[7] and served as its president from 2004 to 2014.[8] He had also served as the chairperson of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery from 1994 to 2004.[9][8]
^ abc"Renowned social activist Swami Agnivesh passes away". The Indian Express. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Social activist and former MLA Swami Agnivesh passes away". The Economic Times. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^"Social Activist Swami Agnivesh Passes Away at 80". The Wire.
^Swami Agnivesh (India), Joint Honorary Award with Asghar Ali Engineer (2004)- Profile Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Right Livelihood Award Official website.
^"Swami Agnivesh — Sanyasi who fought for social causes". The Tribune. 12 September 2020.
^Long, Jeffery D. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Hinduism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-5381-2294-5.
^ ab"Swami Agnivesh passes away". The Hindu. 11 September 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^"Who is Swami Agnivesh?". The Indian Express. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
Swami Agnivesh (born Vepa Shyam Rao; 21 September 1939 – 11 September 2020), was an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party...
Agnivesh Ayachi (born 15 June 1995) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Saurashtra in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 1 March 2017...
Agnivesha (Sanskrit: अग्निवेश, romanized: Agniveśa) is a legendary rishi (sage) in Hinduism, reputedly one of the earliest authors on Ayurveda (Indian...
Ritu Sudhir Chobeesy as Atul Choubey, the registrar Divyendu Sharma as Agnivesh Chhabra Ratnabali Bhattacharjee as Seema Khatri Maanvi Gagroo as Shivani...
end bonded labour. Based in New Delhi, it was founded in 1981 by Swami Agnivesh who continued as its chairman until his death in 2020. Bonded labour was...
activists Teesta Setalvad and Harsh Mander (jointly), S N Subbarao, Swami Agnivesh and Madari Moideen (jointly), former President K R Narayanan, Nirmala Deshpande...
Chhattisgarh police. He was also in controversy for suggesting that Swami Agnivesh was supporting Maoists. Kanwar first unsuccessfully contested 1972 MP Assembly...
plays and demonstrations denouncing communalism. In 1989, along with Swami Agnivesh and Asghar Ali Engineer, she undertook a four-day march for communal harmony...
three villages in the Sukma district in March 2011 and the attack on Swami Agnivesh. The arson had allegedly been accompanied by rapes and murders of villagers...
ISBN 81-900854-3-3. Harvest of Hate: Gujarat Under Siege, with Swami Agnivesh. Rupa & Co, India. 2002. ISBN 81-7167-858-0. The Word and the World, TRACI...
IS the movement". Rediff. Retrieved 24 August 2011. "Kiran Bedi, Swami Agnivesh join protest outside Tihar". The Times of India. 17 August 2011. "Agreed...
solidarity with Khan was signed by various notable figures including Swami Agnivesh, Gopal Menon, Kavita Krishnan and Annie Namala. Two petitions filed in...
talks. Prashant Bhushan and his father Shanti Bhushan, along with Swami Agnivesh and Kiran Bedi, accompanied Hazare to the meeting. Subsequently, in April...
Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal then met social activists Swami Agnivesh and Arvind Kejriwal on 7 April to find ways to bridge differences over...
satellite development programme (developed India's first satellite Aryabhata) Agnivesh, Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha Arya Pallam, Social...
coach 1938 – Olu Falae, Nigerian politician and government official 1939 – Agnivesh, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 2020) 1940 – Ron Fenton...
commercial success with social and cultural development." SEKEM 2004 Swami Agnivesh (1942–2005) India "for promoting over many years in South Asia the values...
Shetty Rajeev 2003 The Fire Anirudan Boban Alummoodan 2002 Kalachakram Agnivesh Shiju 2007 Alibhai Daniel Abraham Aryaman D Shetty 2009 Calendar Cleetus...
Global Information