Top 20 Civil Rights Leader celebrities in India
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Civil Rights Leader celebrities [Updated October 5, 2022].
Mahatma Gandhi was born
on October 2, 1869
in Portbandar, India.
Passive resistance leader who successfully led India in a nonviolent revolution (or Satyagraha) against the British Empire. He was a strong advocate against the caste system in India and worked hard to end segregation (or untouchability) in his country.
He encouraged forgiveness and was known for undergoing long fasts.
Net Worth 2020: $1 Thousand
Anna Hazare was born
on June 15, 1937
in India.
He started a hunger strike to put stress on the Indian government to enact the Lokpal Bill, and anti-corruption law, in 2011.
Arvind Kejriwal was born
on August 16, 1968
in Siwani, India.
He wrote a book call Swaraj to question the present democratic structure of government.
Bhagat Singh was born
on September 28, 1907
in Khatkar Kalan, India.
He gained widespread national support when he underwent a 116 day fast in jail, but he was ultimately hanged for his involvement in the murder of a British police officer.
Lala Lajpat Rai was born
on January 28, 1865
in India.
His published works include Unhappy India (1928) and The United States of America: A Hindu's Impression (1916).
K Kelappan was born
on August 24, 1889
in India.
He was a part of the Indian Freedom Movement. After India gained independence from England, he became president of many Gandhian organizations.
Eugene V. Debs was born
on November 5, 1855
in India.
He ran for President of the United States in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1920 as a Socialist Party candidate.
Aruna Asaf Ali was born
on July 16, 1909
in India.
She protested the treatment of political prisoners by starting a hunger strike, while imprisoned at the Tihar Jail in 1932.
Sucheta Kriplani was born
on June 25, 1908
in India.
She sang the poem Vande Mataram in the Independence Session of the Constituent Assembly in August 1947.
Teesta Setalvad was born
on February 9, 1962
in India.
She was accused of having tutored five witnesses in their statements during the Supreme Court cases involving the Godhra riots, which was a period of inter-communal violence in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2002.
Ela Bhatt was born
on September 7, 1933
in India.
She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Padma Bhushan, one of the highest civilian awards given by the Indian government.
Kailash Satyarthi was born
on January 11, 1954
in India.
In the mid-1990s, he received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. He later established the Global Campaign for Education and served as the organization's first president.
Hemant Goswami was born
on June 30, 1971
in India.
He worked to ensure responsibility in public service in order to prevent corruption in India.
Bunker Roy was born
on August 2, 1945
in India.
His Barefoot College taught people with high tech skills how to improve their communities.
Bipin Chandra Pal was born
on November 7, 1858
in India.
He encouraged radical means of boycotting the British, such as burning British clothing and implimenting lockouts of British-owned businesses.
Binayak Sen was born
on January 4, 1950
in India.
He was a key player in the founding of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha's Shaheed Hospital, which is run and owned by both a worker's organization and a community NGO.
Batukeshwar Dutt was born
on November 18, 1910
in India.
He secured rights for political prisoners in India by initiating a hunger strike.
Aruna Roy was born
on June 26, 1946
in Chennai, India.
She helped pass the Indian 'Right to Information Act,' a major step in reducing the country's corruption.
Manabendra Nath Roy was born
on March 21, 1887
in India.
He was arrested in Bombay in 1931 for conspiring to revoke the King Emperor's sovereignty in India.
Pandita Ramabai was born
on April 23, 1858
in India.
In the late 1870s, she was awarded Calcutta University's prestigious titles of Saraswati and Pandita.
