| 词条 | Shambhu Dutt Sharma |
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Shambhu Dutt (9 September 1918 - 15 April 2016), born Shambu Dutt Sharma[1] was an Indian Gandhian freedom fighter and anti-corruption activist. Early lifeShambhu Dutt Sharma was born in Punjab Province, British India in Hoshiarpur District near Mukerian on 9 September 1918.[2] Gandhian freedom fighterHe was a Gandhian freedom fighter. He joined Mahatma Gandhi's Quit India movement in 1942 at the age of 24 after resigning as a civilian gazetted officer from the British Indian Army. Shambhu Dutt was a law graduate. He was imprisoned.[3] In 1975 he was again imprisoned protesting during the Emergency in India imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.[4] Fighting corruptionIn 2007, when honorary general secretary of the Gandhian Satyagraha Brigade, Sharma said "corruption has become rampant. It has to be wiped out. On this issue we will start the Satyagraha".[5] He favoured the adoption of the Corrupt Public Servants (Forfeiture of Property) bill prepared by the Law Commission of India in 1999, which proposed to bar criminals from contesting elections.[6] At the age of 92 on 30 January 2011 he ended his fast unto death demanding the end of corruption in India, persuaded by several prominent people including Kiran Bedi, Swami Agnivesh and also by Prashant Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal. However, he felt betrayed because Anna Hazare was getting media attention.[7][8] He was also the founder of Transparency International India.[9] Sharma's team was known as Gandhian Seva Brigade.[10] See also{{col div|colwidth=30em}}
References1. ^Pnina Werbner [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1j4kDQAAQBAJ&pg=SA9-PA17] Political Aesthetics of Global Protest 2. ^See Pattanaik and Mohapatra reference cited below for brief bio-data of Shambhu Dutt Sharma (pages 291-292) 3. ^Sowesh Pattanaik and Atanu Mohapatra (2014), The Gandhian Struggle Against Corruption (Lokpal and Beyond), Surendra Publications, New Delhi. 4. ^The Hindu, August 13, 2011 5. ^Satyagraha against corruption, The Economic Times, 18 August 2007 6. ^The original Anna, Hindustan Times, 3 July 2011. 7. ^Anna's battle: Why Shambhu Dutt feels betrayed, Rediff news, August 19, 2011. 8. ^94-yr-old Gandhian 'regrets' handing over Lokpal baton to Team Anna, The Indian Express, November 8, 2011 9. ^Shradhanjali (SD Sharma 9 Sep 1918-15 April 2016), Transparency International India, 16 April 2016. 10. ^Hindustan Times, June 12, 2011 3 : Indian libertarians|Indian nationalists|Indian revolutionaries |
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