Swami Agnivesh
Social activist Swami Agnivesh dies at 80
New Delhi/IBNS: Social activist and Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh died at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in Delhi on Friday night. He was 80.
According to reports, he was suffering from liver cirrhosis.
The social activist had been on ventilator support for the last four days following a multi-organ failure.
He suffered a cardiac arrest at 6 pm on Friday.
Born to a Brahmin couple in Andhra Pradesh, Swami Agnivesh abandoned his name and caste, religion, family, and all his belongings to lead the life of a sannyasin.
In 1970, Swami Agnivesh founded Arya Sabha, a political party based on Arya Samaj principles as he himself formulated in his 1974 book, Vaidik Samajvad.
Agnivesh also became a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly in 1977 and served as the Education Minister of the state in 1979.
In 1981, while still a minister, he founded the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, which continues to raise issues surrounding bonded labour in India, especially in the quarries in and around Delhi.
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