Agnivesh
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Swami Agnivesh (born Vepa Shyam Rao; 21 September 193911 September 2020), was an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj. He also served as a cabinet minister in the state of Haryana. He is best known for his work against bonded labour through the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, which he founded in 1981.
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- Applied Spirituality
- Harvest of hate
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- Person.honorific_prefix
- Swami
- Person.name
- Agnivesh
- Person.image
- Swami Agnivesh (2019).jpg
- Person.caption
- Agnivesh in 2019
- Person.birth_name
- Vepa Shyam Rao
- Person.birth_place
- Srikakulam, Madras Presidency, British India
- Person.death_place
- New Delhi, India
- Person.party
- Arya Sabha
- Person.occupation
- Social worker, scholar, politician
- Person.awards
- Right Livelihood Award
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Sakti
- Place of death
- New Delhi
- Occupation
- social worker
- Educated at
- University of Calcutta
- Employer
- University of Calcutta
- Political party
- Janata Dal
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Official website
- www.swamiagnivesh.com
- Image
- Swami Agnivesh (2019).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1939-09-21
- Commons category
- Agnivesh
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Vepa Shyam Rao
- date of death
- 2020-09-11
- affiliation string
- World Council of Arya Samaj
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Swami Agnivesh (born Vepa Shyam Rao; 21 September 193911 September 2020), was an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj. He also served as a cabinet minister in the state of Haryana. He is best known for his work against bonded labour through the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, which he founded in 1981.
He was a founder of the World Council of Arya Samaj, an organisation distinct from Dayanand's Arya Samaj, and served as its president from 2004 to 2014. He had also served as the chairperson of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery from 1994 to 2004.
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