Narendra Dabholkar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian rationalist and the founder & president of the MANS
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Place of Birth: Pune, Maharashtra, India
About Narendra Dabholkar
- Narendra Achyut Dabholkar (Marathi: ??????? ?????? ???????) (1 November 1945 – 20 August 2013) was an Indian medical doctor, social activist, rationalist and author from Maharashtra, India.
- In 1989 he founded and became president of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS), (the Committee to Eradicate Superstition in Maharashtra).
- Triggered by his murder on 20 August 2013, the pending Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Ordinance was promulgated in the state of Maharashtra, four days later.
- The next year, in 2014, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Shri for social work.
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