April 2012.pdf - Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan

ANNA HAZARE
Jai Jawan to Jaikisan
Swami Krishnananda
he transformation of BaburaoHazare
to Anna Hazare makes up a thrilling
Tstory. Anna Hazare was inspired by
t h e e m i n e n t f r e e d o m f i g h t e r
A c h y u t r a o P a t w a rd h a n . P ro m i n e n t
Industrialist NavalbhauFirodia and social
worker BalasahebBharde were his other
guiding lights, since they had overcome 'lust,
anger, greed, desire and egoism'.
BaburaoHazare was born in an ordinary
family of farmers on 15th June 1938 at Bhingsar
in Ahmednagar. After studying upto standard
7, he had to quit school and he started a flower
shop.
As a youth he was a dare-devil fighter who
thrashed goondas single handedly. He even
whacked a corrupt policeman with his own
baton. During the 1962 war with China, India
lost many soldiers and the Government
appealed to the youths to join Armed Forces
and defend the country. He applied and was
selected for the Army Supply Corps
(ASCMT). He got thorough training in
handling of different types of guns and
vehicles. His regiment moved from
Aurangabad to Delhi on 1st January 1964.
After a month, the regiment moved to Ambala,
with new vehicles. There, he got training in
driving vehicles in hilly areas like Nahan,
Simla and Tapriupto an altitude of 15, 000 feet.
Then, they started carrying supplies to the
Chinese border. He was about 25 years old at
that stage.
Great Mental Crisis---Swami Vivekananda
Inspired him:
Yuva bharati - 22 - April 2012