Google Honours social worker Baba amte with doodle on his 104th birth anniversary
Amte, who passed away a decade ago in February 2008 , spent his life serving leprosy patients and working for their rehabilitation . The doodle , a five - panel slideshow, showcases Amte's service to humanity .
Amte was born on December 26 ,1914 o a wealthy family of landlords of Himganghat in
wardha district of Maharashtra . AS a child he used to play with children of other castes and eat with servants , He was a freedom figher whom Mahatma Gandhi gad reportedly called " abhay sadhak "
An encounter with leprosy patients changed his life , and he made their welfare and rehabilitation a life time mission . He founded a commune called Anandvan Ashram for them at Warora where he began practising law . Soon , his work spread to over 60 villages around and other parts of Maharashtra .
Amte went to the Kolkata school of Troical Medicine and learnt how to treat leprosy patients with the wonder drug diaminodiphenyle sulphone. He educated society to remove the stigma of the disease that had made the life of the patients so miserable.
Amte also undertook a number of social welfare and reform activities involving youth . He undrtook the Bharat jodo movement to unite the country and promote peace, harmony and protection of ebvironment . He joined the Marmada Bachao Ansolan to fight for the cause of the tribals .
He received many national and international awards , including Padma Vibhushan , Gandhi Peace Prize, Ramon Magsaysay and Templeton Prize . He had two sons , Prakash amte and vikas amte, both doctors who wkork among the tribals of chandrapur and Gadchiroli .
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