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| SECOND
MAHAVEER AWARDS – 1996 |
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RAMAKRISHNA MISSION |
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| Ramakrishna
Mission, Narayanpur, Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh was given
the award in 1996 for their service in the field of Education,
Medicine and Community Services in the Narayanpur area of
Bastar District deep in the forests of Madhya Pradesh.
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The
representative of Ramakrishna Ashrama, Narayanpur, Bastar
Dist., Madhya Pradesh receiving the Second Mahaveer Award
on behalf of the Ashrama for Excellence in the field of Social
and Community service from Bharat Ratna Shri C Subramaniam
at the Mahaveer Annual Awards Day 1996.
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their services to the tribal community in the fields of education
and medical help, the mission had brought about a social transformation
in what is otherwise a most inhospitable terrain. It has undertaken
an ambitious programme of integrated rural development in
the area, runs a number of schools, hostels, hospitals and
has contributed to the improvement of every facet of tribal
life from agricultural extension services, animal husbandry,
Pirmary health, environment and above all education.
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SHRI S. JAGANNATHAN & SMT. KRISHNAMMAL
JAGANNATHAN |
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| Shri
S. Jagannathan & Smt. Krishnammal Jagannathan, the Gandhian
couple had undergone imprisonment during the freedom movement
and after independence they had setup a Trust in Gandhi Gram
for assisting the poor and the needy.
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Shri
Jagannathan and Smt. krishnammal Jagannathan, octogenrian
gandhian couple of Gandhigram, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu receiving
the Second Mahaveer Award for Excellence in the field of Non-violence
and Vegetarianism from Bharat Ratna Shri. C. Subramaniam,
Former Governor of Maharashtra at the Annual Mahaveer Awards
Day 1996.
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from participating in Vinobaji's Bhoodan Padyatra these couple
were responsible for distribution of over 1Lac acres of land
for 32,000 landless labourers and had also worked for peace
in a non-violent manner in the village of Kilvenmani during
the period of communal riots. They are helping the poor fisherman
by their non-violent agitation against prawn fishing on commercial
scale which leads to the salinity of large areas of agricultural
land and helping in their rehabilitation. They are also assisting
the poor by providing them with education. |
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