27-497: Amte is an Indian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Baba Amte (1914–2008), Indian social worker and activist, particularly in serving people with leprosy Mandakini Amte , Indian doctor and social worker Prakash Amte (born 1948), Indian social worker, husband of Mandakini and son of Baba Sheetal Amte (1981–2020), Indian public health expert and physician [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
54-508: A defense lawyer for Indian leaders imprisoned by the colonial government for their involvement in the Quit India movement . He spent some time at Sevagram , at the ashram started by Mahatma Gandhi and became a follower of Gandhism . He practiced Gandhism by engaging in yarn spinning using a charkha and wearing khadi . When Gandhi got to know that Dr. Amte had defended a girl from the lewd taunts of some British soldiers, Gandhi gave him
81-592: A full-fledged institution. There were no facilities at Sevagram, not even a post or telegraph office. The letters used to be brought from Wardha. There was another village in this region named Shegaon, made famous by the residence of Saint Gajanan Maharaj . So, Gandhiji's letters used to get misdirected. Therefore, it was decided in 1940 to rename this village as Sevagram or 'the village of service'. Gandhiji stayed in Manganwadi during January 1935 paid his first visit Sevagram on 30 April 1936. British Government provided
108-596: A leprosy hospital in Anandvan under a tree. The leprosy patients were provided with medical care and a life of dignity engaged in agriculture and various small and medium industries like handicrafts. In 1973, Amte founded the Lok Biradari Prakalp to work for the Madia Gond tribal people of Gadchiroli District . Baba Amte also involved in other social cause initiatives like, in year 1985 he launched
135-522: A spartan life. He wore khadi clothes made from the looms at Anandwan . He believed in Gandhi's concept of a self-sufficient village industry that empowers seemingly helpless people, and successfully brought his ideas into practice at Anandwan . Using non-violent means, he played an important role in the struggle for the independence of India. Amte also used Gandhi's principles to fight against corruption, mismanagement, and poor, shortsighted planning in
162-498: A telephone connection to Sevagram, so as to have regular communication with Gandhiji. Sevagram is well connected by rail and bus. Sevagram railway station is 6 km from the main village. Previously the station was named as Wardha East railway station. Sevagram is a station on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line . Also most trains from the north towards south and east towards west pass through this route. Warud station
189-424: A thinking and understanding that leprosy patients can be truly helped only when a society is free of "Mental Leprosy"-fear and wrong understanding associated with disease. To dispel this thinking he once injected himself with bacilli from a patient, to prove the ailment was not highly contagious. In those days, people with leprosy suffered a social stigma and Indian society disowned these people. Amte strove to dispel
216-426: A village called Segaon at the outskirts of Wardha, which he renamed as Sevagram, which means 'village of service'. Gandhiji was 67 years old when he came to Sevagram. The small homes which were built in the ashram for Gandhi and Kasturba, and his followers were similar to the typical village homes. The ashram employed some harijans in the common kitchen to break the caste barrier. Vinoba Bhave 's Param Dham Ashram
243-408: Is a town in the state of Maharashtra , India. It was the place of Mahatma Gandhi's ashram and his residence from 1936 to his death in 1948. After Sabarmati , Sevagram Ashram holds immense importance due to the residence of Mahatma Gandhi. Sevagram, originally Segaon, is a small village, located about 8 km from Wardha . Gandhi set up what eventually became an ashram in the outskirts of
270-742: Is located on the banks of the Dhaam river close by. Many decisions on important national matters and movements were taken at Sevagram. It became the central place for a number of institutions for the nation building activities devised by Gandhiji to suit the inherent strength of this country. Sevagram is 8 km from Wardha town in Maharashtra and 75 km from Nagpur. In spite of many practical difficulties, Gandhiji decided to settle here. Though he did not have any intentions of keeping anybody with him except his wife Kasturba , pressure of work necessitated more colleagues with him till Sevagram Ashram became
297-832: Is nearer but few trains stop there. The closest airport is situated around 55 km away in Nagpur. The British Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow (in office 1936–1943) had installed a hotline in Bapu Kuti. The reason given is that the British wanted to remain in constant touch with Gandhiji. Lord Linlithgow had once spent a night in Sevagram ashram with Gandhi. Sevagram is the home to the first rural medical college in India, The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, and an engineering college, Bapurao Deshmukh College of Engineering, which
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#1732798601826324-615: The surname Amte . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amte&oldid=1167992120 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles Baba Amte Murlidhar Devidas Amte ( pronunciation ), popularly known as Baba Amte , (26 December 1914 – 9 February 2008)
351-687: The Quit India movement and attempting to raise public awareness on the importance of ecological balance, wildlife preservation and the Narmada Bachao Andolan . The Indian Government awarded Baba Amte with a Padma Shri in 1971. Amte married Indu Ghuleshastri (later called Sadhanatai Amte). She participated in her husband's social work with equal dedication. Their two sons, Vikas Amte and Prakash Amte , and daughters-in-law, Mandakini and Bharati, are doctors. All four dedicated their lives to social work and causes similar to those of
378-633: The environment due to the construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river. Amte died at Anandwan on 9 February 2008 in Maharashtra of age-related illnesses. By choosing to get buried than cremated he followed the principles he preached as environmentalist and social reformer. In her 2015 book Strangers Drowning , Larissa MacFarquhar profiled Amte as one of the extremely altruistic people she classifies as "do-gooders". Sevagram Sevagram (meaning "A town for/of service")
405-456: The first Knit India Mission for peace-at 72 years he walked from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, a distance of more than 3000 miles, to inspire unity among Indian people and organised second march three years later travelling over 1800 miles from Assam to Gujarat. He also participated in Narmada Bachao Andolan in year 1990, leaving Anandwan and lived on banks of Narmada for seven years. Amte devoted his life to many other social causes, most notably
432-507: The government. However, Amte never disowned God. He used to say that if there are hundred thousands of universes then God must be very busy. Let us do our work on our own. In 1990, Amte left Anandwan for a while to live along the Narmada River and joined Narmada Bachao Andolan ("Save Narmada") movement one of whose popular leaders was Medha Patkar , which fought against both unjust displacement of local inhabitants and damage to
459-532: The modern Gandhi of India. Murlidhar Devidas "Baba" Amte was born in an affluent Deshastha Brahmin family on 26 December 1914 in the city of Hinganghat in Maharashtra . His father, Devidas Amte, was. a colonial government officer working for the district administration and revenue collection departments. Murlidhar Amte acquired the nickname Baba in his childhood. His wife, Sadhanatai Amte, explains that he came to be known as Baba not because "he
486-449: The name – Abhay Sadhak (Fearless Seeker of Truth). However one day his encounter with a living corpse and leprosy patient Tulshiram, filled him with fear. Amte, who never feared for anything till that incident and who fought one time with British men to save the honour of an Indian lady and was also challenged by sweepers of Warora to clean the gutters, was quivered in fright on seeing plight of Tulshiram. However, Amte wanted to create
513-587: The same causes. In 2008, Prakash and Mandakini received the Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership. Amte's elder son Vikas and his wife Bharati run the hospital at Anandwan and co-ordinate operations with satellite projects. Anandwan has a university, an orphanage, and schools for the blind and the deaf. The Anandwan ashram is self-sufficient and has over 5,000 residents. Amte later founded "Somnath" and "Ashokwan" ashrams for people suffering from leprosy. Amte followed Gandhi 's way of life and led
540-527: The scourge of the disease for them. For the rehabilitated and cured patients he arranged vocational training and small-scale manufacturing of handicrafts and got things crafted by them. He struggled and tried to remove the stigma and ignorance surrounding the treatment of leprosy as a disease. Amte founded three ashrams for treatment and rehabilitation of leprosy patients, disabled people and people from marginalised sections of general society in Maharashtra. On 15 August 1949, he and his wife Sadhna Amte started
567-502: The senior Amte. Prakash and his wife Mandakini run a school and a hospital at Hemalkasa village in the underprivileged district of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra among the Madia Gond tribe, as well as an orphanage for injured wild animals, including a lion and some leopards. She left her governmental medical and moved to Hemalkasa to start the projects after they married. Their two sons, Dr. Digant and Aniket also dedicated their lives to
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#1732798601826594-495: The village. Seth Jamnalal Bajaj of Wardha, a disciple of Gandhi, made available to the ashram about 300 acres (1.2 km ) of land. Near the ashram there is a museum where artifacts of India's freedom struggle are preserved. When Gandhi started his padayatra (foot march) in 1930 from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi for the Salt Satyagraha , he decided not to return to Sabarmati till India achieved independence. Gandhi
621-429: The widespread belief that leprosy was highly contagious; he even allowed bacilli from a leper to be injected into him as part of an experiment aimed at proving that leprosy was not highly contagious. But Baba Amte and his wife used to prioritise the care and treatment and mainstreaming those affected by the dreaded disease of leprosy and lived amongst the affected and ensured that they got exemplary medical care which ended
648-792: Was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of people suffering from leprosy . He has received numerous awards and prizes including the Padma Vibhushan , the Dr. Ambedkar International Award, the Gandhi Peace Prize , the Ramon Magsaysay Award , the Templeton Prize and the Jamnalal Bajaj Award . He is also known as
675-618: Was born in a wealthy family he was always aware of the class inequality that prevailed in Indian society. "There is a certain callousness in families like my family," he used to say. "They put up strong barriers so as to avoid seeing the misery in the outside world and I rebelled against it." Trained in law, he developed a successful legal practice in Wardha. He soon became involved in the Indian independence movement and, in 1942, began working as
702-574: Was imprisoned for more than two years. On his release he spent some time travelling around India. He decided to make a village in Central India his headquarters. He came to Wardha in 1934, at the invitation of his follower and industrialist, Jamnalal Bajaj and stayed in one of the rooms at Jamnalal's bungalow (Bajajwadi) at Wardha and in the Prarthana mandir of Mahila Ashram for sometime. In April 1936, Gandhiji established his residence in
729-437: Was regarded as a saint or a holy person, but because his parents addressed him by that name." Amte was the eldest of eight children. As the eldest son of a wealthy land owner, he had an idyllic childhood, filled with hunting and sports. By the time he was fourteen, he owned his own gun and hunted bear and deer. When he was old enough to drive, he was given a Singer Sports car with cushions covered with panther skin. Though he
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