Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor
Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor | |
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Oscar award Gujarat Gaurav Award Godfrey Phillips Bravery National Award | |
Website | http://www.disableindia.org |
Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor is an Indian
Biography
Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor was born on 17 May 1956 in a small village of Adas, in the
Kanubhai began his social life with a hunger strike in 1979 for free travel facilities for the disabled people. After eleven days of strike, the Government of Gujarat allowed free travel to physically disabled people. Soon, he moved to Surat and started a small printing press, operating out of his house. In 1991, Kanubhai founded the Disable Welfare Trust of India for the welfare of the disabled people in the fields of education, vocational training and rehabilitation.[6][7][8] The Trust has over the years grown to house a school, physiotherapy centre, vocational training centre, boys and girls hostels and a rehabilitation centre, covering 400 children.[6][9][10]
Awards and recognitions
During the period he was running the printing press, Kanubhai was honored by the
See also
References
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- ^ "DWTI". DWTI. 2014. Archived from the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ "Raginiya". Raginiya. 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ a b "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Biography". DWT. 2014. Archived from the original on September 29, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "TOI". TOI. May 7, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ a b "You Repeat". You Repeat. 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ a b "Sound cry". Sound cry. 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ "School". School. 2014. Archived from the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ a b "Afaqs". Afaqs. 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
External links
- "Padma Shri Investiture Ceremony". Hindustan Times. April 1, 2011. Archived from the original on November 30, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- "Disable Welfare Trust of India". Wikimapia. 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.