01/20Meenakshi Amma: Granny with a sword

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India’s oldest woman Kalaripayattu exponent – a centuries old martial art formreadmore

02/20Chintakindi Mallesham: Weaving hope

Chintakindi Mallesham: Weaving hope
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Inventor of Laxmi ASU machine who significantly reduced the time and menial labour required to weave Pochampalli Silk Sareesreadmore

03/20Daripalli Ramaiah: The tree man

Daripalli Ramaiah: The tree man
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Common man who has dedicated his life to make India green, planting over 1 crore treesreadmore

04/20Bipin Ganatra: Agni Rakshak

Bipin Ganatra: Agni Rakshak
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Common man famous across Kolkata for being there to rescue people whenever there is fire, often putting himself in dangerreadmore

05/20Dr Suniti Solomon: AIDS crusader

Dr Suniti Solomon: AIDS crusader
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Pioneer doctor in India’s fight against HIV/AIDS (research, treatment and awareness) – diagnosed first AIDS case in India in 1985readmore

06/20Dr Subroto Das: Highway messiah

Dr Subroto Das: Highway messiah
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Doctor who provides immediate medical help to road accident victims on India’s highwaysreadmore

07/20Dr Bhakti Yadav: Doctor Dadi

Dr Bhakti Yadav: Doctor Dadi
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91 years old gynaecologist who has been treating patients for free for the past 68 yearsreadmore

08/20Girish Bharadwaj: Sethu bandhu

Girish Bharadwaj: Sethu bandhu
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Engineer who has built more than 100 low cost and eco-friendly suspension bridges connecting remote villages across Indiareadmore

09/20Anuradha Koirala: Saviour mother

Anuradha Koirala: Saviour mother
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Rescued and rehabilitated 12,000 sex trafficking victims and prevented over 45,000 from being traffickedreadmore

10/20Karimul Haque: Ambulance Dada

Karimul Haque: Ambulance Dada
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A tea garden worker who converted his bike into an ambulance offering free 24×7 ambulance servicereadmore

11/20Dr Mapuskar: Swacchhta Doot

Dr Mapuskar: Swacchhta Doot
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Sanitation pioneer who dedicated himself to Swacchh Bharat Mission 50 years ago, making Dehu village ODFreadmore

12/20Balbir Singh Seechewal: Eco Baba

Balbir Singh Seechewal: Eco Baba
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Resurrected 160 km long river Kali Bein in Punjab by mobilizing local volunteers and developing the Seechewal Model of underground sewerage system.readmore

13/20Genabhai Dargabhai Patel: Anar Dada

Genabhai Dargabhai Patel: Anar Dada
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Divyang farmer, who singlehandedly transformed drought hit border dist. into the largest producer of pomegranate in the countryreadmore

14/20Shekhar Naik: Captain Visionary

Shekhar Naik: Captain Visionary
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Captain of the Indian Blind Cricket Team who led India to victory in the first T20 World Cup in 2012 and ODI World Cup in 2014readmore

15/20Anant Agarwal: Harvard for all

Anant Agarwal: Harvard for all
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Founder of edX - an online platform that brings courses from the likes of MIT and Harvard to all at no costreadmore