Pratap Raghunath Save (20 May 1945 – 20 April 2000), was a decorated
Indian Army
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officer and a social activist. A member of a middle-class family in a coastal village of
Deheri,
Umargam
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. Save's father, Raghunath Save was a teacher and a freedom fighter. Young Save joined army in order to serve the nation. He later married Sunita Save.
Save served
Indian Army
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for 25 years. After retirement from his job he returned to his hometown. Save's death drawn nationwide attention to his work and his struggle.
Social Service
Save, after his retirement, returned to his hometown. News regarding a mega port project spread throughout the village. This scared the fisherman community of the village, port project risked their settlement. They approached Save to seek help, Save agreed to help the community. Kinara Sangarsh Samiti was formed with Save as its president. They began with peaceful protest against the project. The protest soon gathered the attention of the state government. Save was suddenly arrested at night by local police force. According to the villagers who were jailed too, Save was brutally beaten up by the police.
Death
Save was shifted to
Hinduja Hospital
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, where he spent his last days unconsciously. On 20 April 2000 he was pronounced dead.
After his death, this issue gathered a nationwide attention resulting in abolishment of the port project.
See also
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Narmada Bachao Andolan
''Narmada Bachao Andolan'' (NBA, , 'Save the Narmada River Movement') is an Indian social movement spearheaded by native tribals (''adivasis''), farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists against a number of large dam projects across ...
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Medha Patkar
Medha Patkar (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian Social activist working on social issues for tribals, dalits, farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India. She is an alumna of TISS, a premier institute of social science research in ...
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Bhaskar Save
Bhaskar Hiraji Save (27 January 1922 – 24 October 2015), known in India as the "Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi of natural farming", was an educator, entrepreneur, farmer, and activist.
Biography
Bhaskar Save was born in the coastal village of Dehri ...
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1945 births
2000 deaths
Indian activists
Indian Army personnel