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by Anumakonda Jagadeesh on Feb 10, 2008 07:42 PM

Baba Amteji The Great Humanitarian:

%u2022Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service, Philippines, 1985
%u2022Damien-Dutton Award, USA, 1983: Highest international award in the field of leprosy
%u2022United Nations Human Rights Prize, 1988: For outstanding achievement in the field of human rights (to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
%u2022International Giraffe Award, USA, 1989
%u2022The Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, USA, 1990
%u2022Global 500, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), 1991: The Roll of Honour for Environmental Achievement
%u2022The Right Livelihood Award, Sweden, 1991 (often described as the "alternative Nobel prize" [10][11], jointly awarded to Baba Amte and Medha Patkar for the Narmada Bachao Andolan):"...for their inspired opposition to the disastrous Narmada Valley dams project and their promotion of alternatives designed to benefit the poor and the environment"
%u2022Padma Shree, 1971 [12]
%u2022Padma Vibhushan, 1986
%u2022Welfare of the Disabled Award, 1986
%u2022Gandhi Peace Prize, 1999
%u2022D.Litt., 1980: Nagpur University, Nagpur, India
%u2022Krishi Ratna, 1981: Hon. Doctorate, PKV Agricultural University, Akola, Maharashtra, India
%u2022D.Litt., 1985-86: Poona University, Pune, India
%u2022Desikottam, 1988: Hon. Doctorate, Vishwabharati, Shanti Niketan, West Bengal, India

Can you even dream of achieving even one award in your life time? Stop writing nonsense.

Dr.A.Jagad

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