Swami Agnivesh

Founder

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Swami Agnivesh is the founder of Bandhua Mukti Morcha (BMM) (1981)^[1], an Indian non-profit working on human rights and livelihood from New Delhi.

Bandhua Mukti Morcha (BMM)

Bandhua Mukti Morcha is a New Delhi-based nonprofit, founded in 1981 by Swami Agnivesh, dedicated to the identification, release and rehabilitation of bonded labourers in India. It has secured the release of over 178,000 bonded labourers, including 26,000 children, through legal action that produced landmark Supreme Court rulings, and has built around 7,000 houses along with education and health facilities for released labourers in slum and tribal areas.

Bandhua Mukti Morcha (BMM) reports the following, on its own site:

Secured release of over 1,76,000 bonded labourers in the country, of which 26,000 are children

Organisations: 1
Based in: New Delhi
Founded: 1981
Press: 1

References

[1] “Bandhua Mukti Morcha ( Bonded Labour Liberation Front ) was founded in 1981 by Swami Agnivesh a highly evolved being, who threw away the glamour and comforts of a coveted Ministerial position in the government of Haryana and set out on the mission of waging a relentless war against the pernicious bonded labour system in India.” — Bandhua Mukti Morcha (BMM). Source

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