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'''Hema Bharali''' (born 19 February 1919) is an Indian freedom activist, social worker, [[Sarvodaya]] leader and [[Gandhian]], known for her contributions for the empowerment of women and efforts towards the upliftment of the socially and financially challenged sections of the society.<ref name="PM's Speech on Presentation of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award 2008 & 2009">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=69905 | title=PM's Speech on Presentation of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award 2008 & 2009 | publisher=Government of India | date=18 February 2011 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hema Bharali - Zoom Info profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Hema-Bharali/1069517234 | title=Hema Bharali - Zoom Info profile | publisher=Zoom Info | date=2015 | accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> She is reported to have been active during the relief operations in the wake of the earthquake in [[North Lakhimpur]] of [[Assam]] state in 1950 and in the development activities after the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962.<ref name="Hema Bharali to be felicitated at AICC session">{{cite web | url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=dec1810/city07 | title=Hema Bharali to be felicitated at AICC session | publisher=Assam Tribune | date=18 December 2010 | accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2005, for her contributions to Indian society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref> A year later, she received the National Communal Harmony Award from the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, an autonomous organization under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref name="Award for Hema Bharali">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/award-for-hema-bharali/article3126856.ece | title=Award for Hema Bharali | publisher=The Hindu | date=1 May 2006 | accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref>
'''Hema Bharali''' (born 19 February 1919) is an Indian freedom activist, social worker, [[Sarvodaya]] leader and [[Gandhian]], known for her contributions for the empowerment of women and efforts towards the upliftment of the socially and financially challenged sections of the society.<ref name="PM's Speech on Presentation of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award 2008 & 2009">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=69905 | title=PM's Speech on Presentation of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award 2008 & 2009 | publisher=Government of India | date=18 February 2011 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hema Bharali - Zoom Info profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Hema-Bharali/1069517234 | title=Hema Bharali - Zoom Info profile | publisher=Zoom Info | date=2015 | accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> She is reported to have been active during the relief operations in the wake of the earthquake in [[North Lakhimpur]] of [[Assam]] state in 1950 and in the development activities after the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962.<ref name="Hema Bharali to be felicitated at AICC session">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=dec1810/city07 |title=Hema Bharali to be felicitated at AICC session |publisher=Assam Tribune |date=18 December 2010 |accessdate=29 November 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208153041/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=dec1810%2Fcity07 |archivedate=8 December 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2005, for her contributions to Indian society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> A year later, she received the National Communal Harmony Award from the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, an autonomous organization under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref name="Award for Hema Bharali">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/award-for-hema-bharali/article3126856.ece | title=Award for Hema Bharali | publisher=The Hindu | date=1 May 2006 | accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Hema Bharali was born on 19 February 1919 in the Northeast Indian state of Assam and is known to have taken to social work from an early age.<ref name="Hema Bharali - Zoom Info profile" /> She became active in the [[Indian freedom struggle]] and When the earthquake caused devastation in [[North Lakhimpur]] area in 1950, she took part in the relief operations.<ref name="Hema Bharali to be felicitated at AICC session" /><ref name="Kalam to present Communal Harmony awards">{{cite web | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/04/30/kalam-present-kabir-puraskar-communal-harmony.html | title=Kalam to present Communal Harmony awards | publisher=One India | date=30 April 2006 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> A year later, she joined the [[Bhoodan movement]] launched by [[Vinoba Bhave]] in 1951 and became one of its leaders.<ref name="Hema Bharali - Assam News">{{cite web | url=http://rajivkonwar100.blogspot.ae/2011/06/hema-bharali.html | title=Hema Bharali - Assam News | publisher=Assam News | date=6 June 2011 | accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> She was a part of the team, led by Vinoba Bhave, who were involved in the service of the victims of the war-torn area of [[Tezpur]] and stayed at Maitreyi Ashram of Bhave during the operations.<ref name="Threads Woven Ideals, Principles and Administration">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.ae/books?id=9WuETtCFspEC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=Hema+Bharali&source=bl&ots=dcwIhwDt53&sig=O_MHkia3l9wnixj98EI69C7JD6k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV5vOph7PJAhVFNxQKHbg3D3sQ6AEIRTAK#v=onepage&q=Hema%20Bharali&f=false | title=Threads Woven Ideals, Principles and Administration | publisher=Allied Publishers | date=2010 | accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> She has also been involved with the ''Padayatra'' in connection with the [[Bhoodan movement]]<ref name="Hema Bharali - Zoom Info profile" /> and is a founder member of the executive council of the Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB).<ref name="Our History">{{cite web | url=http://www.asksguwahati.org/history.html | title=Our History | publisher=Ask Guwahati | date=2015 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref>
Hema Bharali was born on 19 February 1919 in the Northeast Indian state of Assam and is known to have taken to social work from an early age.<ref name="Hema Bharali - Zoom Info profile" /> She became active in the [[Indian freedom struggle]] and When the earthquake caused devastation in [[North Lakhimpur]] area in 1950, she took part in the relief operations.<ref name="Hema Bharali to be felicitated at AICC session" /><ref name="Kalam to present Communal Harmony awards">{{cite web | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/04/30/kalam-present-kabir-puraskar-communal-harmony.html | title=Kalam to present Communal Harmony awards | publisher=One India | date=30 April 2006 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> A year later, she joined the [[Bhoodan movement]] launched by [[Vinoba Bhave]] in 1951 and became one of its leaders.<ref name="Hema Bharali - Assam News">{{cite web | url=http://rajivkonwar100.blogspot.ae/2011/06/hema-bharali.html | title=Hema Bharali - Assam News | publisher=Assam News | date=6 June 2011 | accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> She was a part of the team, led by Vinoba Bhave, who were involved in the service of the victims of the war-torn area of [[Tezpur]] and stayed at Maitreyi Ashram of Bhave during the operations.<ref name="Threads Woven Ideals, Principles and Administration">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.ae/books?id=9WuETtCFspEC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=Hema+Bharali&source=bl&ots=dcwIhwDt53&sig=O_MHkia3l9wnixj98EI69C7JD6k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV5vOph7PJAhVFNxQKHbg3D3sQ6AEIRTAK#v=onepage&q=Hema%20Bharali&f=false | title=Threads Woven Ideals, Principles and Administration | publisher=Allied Publishers | date=2010 | accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> She has also been involved with the ''Padayatra'' in connection with the [[Bhoodan movement]]<ref name="Hema Bharali - Zoom Info profile" /> and is a founder member of the executive council of the Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB).<ref name="Our History">{{cite web | url=http://www.asksguwahati.org/history.html | title=Our History | publisher=Ask Guwahati | date=2015 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref>


The Government of India included Bharali in the 2005 Republic Day Honours list for the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" /> In 2006, she was awarded the National Communal Harmony Award by the National Foundation for Communal Harmony of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref name="Award for Hema Bharali" /> Three years later, she received the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award for National Integration from the [[Government of Assam]].<ref name="PM Confers Fakruddin Ali Ahmed Award to MJ Akbar, Hema Bharali">{{cite web | url=http://www.radianceweekly.com/246/6819/budget-2011-12tight-rope-balancing/2011-03-13/northeast-newsletter/story-detail/pm-confers-fakruddin-ali-ahmed-award-to-mj-akbar-hema-bharali.html | title=PM Confers Fakruddin Ali Ahmed Award to MJ Akbar, Hema Bharali | publisher=Radiance Weekly | date=2015 | accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> Bharali, a spinster by choice,<ref name="Other nonagenarian Gandhians">{{cite web | url=http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Oct%20010/nat.htm | title=Other nonagenarian Gandhians | publisher=Ashta Bharati | date=October 2010 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> endured financial and health challenges in her 90s and received financial assistance from the State Government.<ref name="Financial aid to ailing Gandhian Hema Bharali">{{cite web | url=http://www.tarungogoi.in/pressrelease.php?displaytype=Press&displayid=PR-101215 | title=Financial aid to ailing Gandhian Hema Bharali | publisher=Tarun Gogoi | date=19 December 2013 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> She lives in [[Guwahati]], in Assam.<ref name="MS. HEMA BHARALI">{{cite web | url=http://nfch.nic.in/sites/default/files/WORD_FILE/Award(IND).pdf | title=MS. HEMA BHARALI | publisher=Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> As of April 2016, she has continued to make public appearances.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=apr0816/city051 | title= Tributes paid to philanthropist Dr HK Das | newspaper=The Assam Tribune | date=7 April 2016 | accessdate=20 June 2016 }}</ref>
The Government of India included Bharali in the 2005 Republic Day Honours list for the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" /> In 2006, she was awarded the National Communal Harmony Award by the National Foundation for Communal Harmony of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref name="Award for Hema Bharali" /> Three years later, she received the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award for National Integration from the [[Government of Assam]].<ref name="PM Confers Fakruddin Ali Ahmed Award to MJ Akbar, Hema Bharali">{{cite web | url=http://www.radianceweekly.com/246/6819/budget-2011-12tight-rope-balancing/2011-03-13/northeast-newsletter/story-detail/pm-confers-fakruddin-ali-ahmed-award-to-mj-akbar-hema-bharali.html | title=PM Confers Fakruddin Ali Ahmed Award to MJ Akbar, Hema Bharali | publisher=Radiance Weekly | date=2015 | accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> Bharali, a spinster by choice,<ref name="Other nonagenarian Gandhians">{{cite web | url=http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Oct%20010/nat.htm | title=Other nonagenarian Gandhians | publisher=Ashta Bharati | date=October 2010 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> endured financial and health challenges in her 90s and received financial assistance from the State Government.<ref name="Financial aid to ailing Gandhian Hema Bharali">{{cite web | url=http://www.tarungogoi.in/pressrelease.php?displaytype=Press&displayid=PR-101215 | title=Financial aid to ailing Gandhian Hema Bharali | publisher=Tarun Gogoi | date=19 December 2013 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> She lives in [[Guwahati]], in Assam.<ref name="MS. HEMA BHARALI">{{cite web | url=http://nfch.nic.in/sites/default/files/WORD_FILE/Award(IND).pdf | title=MS. HEMA BHARALI | publisher=Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=30 November 2015}}</ref> As of April 2016, she has continued to make public appearances.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=apr0816/city051 |title=Tributes paid to philanthropist Dr HK Das |newspaper=The Assam Tribune |date=7 April 2016 |accessdate=20 June 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807025210/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=apr0816%2Fcity051 |archivedate=7 August 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 14:30, 31 March 2017

Hema Bharali
Born(1919-02-19)19 February 1919
Assam, India
Occupation(s)Social worker
Freedom fighter
Gandhian
Sarvodaya leader
AwardsPadma Shri
National Communal Harmony Award
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award

Hema Bharali (born 19 February 1919) is an Indian freedom activist, social worker, Sarvodaya leader and Gandhian, known for her contributions for the empowerment of women and efforts towards the upliftment of the socially and financially challenged sections of the society.[1][2] She is reported to have been active during the relief operations in the wake of the earthquake in North Lakhimpur of Assam state in 1950 and in the development activities after the Sino-Indian War of 1962.[3] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2005, for her contributions to Indian society.[4] A year later, she received the National Communal Harmony Award from the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Home Affairs.[5]

Biography

Hema Bharali was born on 19 February 1919 in the Northeast Indian state of Assam and is known to have taken to social work from an early age.[2] She became active in the Indian freedom struggle and When the earthquake caused devastation in North Lakhimpur area in 1950, she took part in the relief operations.[3][6] A year later, she joined the Bhoodan movement launched by Vinoba Bhave in 1951 and became one of its leaders.[7] She was a part of the team, led by Vinoba Bhave, who were involved in the service of the victims of the war-torn area of Tezpur and stayed at Maitreyi Ashram of Bhave during the operations.[8] She has also been involved with the Padayatra in connection with the Bhoodan movement[2] and is a founder member of the executive council of the Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB).[9]

The Government of India included Bharali in the 2005 Republic Day Honours list for the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri.[4] In 2006, she was awarded the National Communal Harmony Award by the National Foundation for Communal Harmony of the Ministry of Home Affairs.[5] Three years later, she received the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award for National Integration from the Government of Assam.[10] Bharali, a spinster by choice,[11] endured financial and health challenges in her 90s and received financial assistance from the State Government.[12] She lives in Guwahati, in Assam.[13] As of April 2016, she has continued to make public appearances.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PM's Speech on Presentation of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award 2008 & 2009". Government of India. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Hema Bharali - Zoom Info profile". Zoom Info. 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  3. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b "Award for Hema Bharali". The Hindu. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Kalam to present Communal Harmony awards". One India. 30 April 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Hema Bharali - Assam News". Assam News. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Threads Woven Ideals, Principles and Administration". Allied Publishers. 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Our History". Ask Guwahati. 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  10. ^ "PM Confers Fakruddin Ali Ahmed Award to MJ Akbar, Hema Bharali". Radiance Weekly. 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Other nonagenarian Gandhians". Ashta Bharati. October 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  12. ^ "Financial aid to ailing Gandhian Hema Bharali". Tarun Gogoi. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  13. ^ "MS. HEMA BHARALI" (PDF). Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  14. ^ "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. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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