Agnivesh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Agnivesh

social worker

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1939

Place of Birth: Sakti, Chhattisgarh, India

Profession: writer, author, social worker

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Agnivesh (born 21 September 1939), is an Indian politician and a former Member of Legislative Assembly from the Indian state of Haryana, an Arya Samaj scholar, and a social activist.
He is best known for his work against bonded labour through the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, which he founded in 1981.
Agnivesh became president (2004–2014) of the World Council of Arya Samaj, which is the highest international body of the Arya Samaj movement originally established by Dayanand Saraswati in 1875, and served as the chairperson of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery from 1994 to 2004