Hema Bharali
Hema Bharali | |
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Born | |
Died | 29 April 2020 | (aged 101)
Resting place | Mumbai |
Occupation(s) | Social worker Freedom fighter Gandhian Sarvodaya leader |
Years active | 1950–2020 |
Awards | Padma Shri National Communal Harmony Award Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award |
Hema Bharali (19 February 1919 – 29 April 2020) was an Indian freedom activist, social worker,
Biography
Hema Bharali was born on 19 February 1919 in a family of
The Government of India included Bharali in the 2005 Republic Day Honours list for the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri.[3] In 2006, she was awarded the National Communal Harmony Award by the National Foundation for Communal Harmony of the Ministry of Home Affairs.[4] Three years later, she received the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award for National Integration from the Government of Assam.[9] Bharali, a spinster by choice,[10] endured financial and health challenges in her 90s and received financial assistance from the State Government.[11] She lived in Guwahati, in Assam.[12] As of April 2016, she has continued to make public appearances.[13]
She died on 29 April 2020, at age 101.[14]
See also
References
- ^ "PM's Speech on Presentation of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award 2008 & 2009". Government of India. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Hema Bharali to be felicitated at AICC session". Assam Tribune. 18 December 2010. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Award for Hema Bharali". The Hindu. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Kalam to present Communal Harmony awards". One India. 30 April 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Hema Bharali - Assam News". Assam News. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ISBN 9788184244700. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Our History". Ask Guwahati. 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "PM Confers Fakruddin Ali Ahmed Award to MJ Akbar, Hema Bharali". Radiance Weekly. 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Other nonagenarian Gandhians". Ashta Bharati. October 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Financial aid to ailing Gandhian Hema Bharali". Tarun Gogoi. 19 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "MS. HEMA BHARALI" (PDF). Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Tributes paid to philanthropist Dr HK Das". The Assam Tribune. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ Freedom Fighter Hema Bharali Passes Away in Guwahati