What is Anna Hazare?
{{Infobox person |name = |image =Anna Hazare on 2nd Oct.JPG |birth_name = Kishan Baburao Hazare |caption = Anna Hazare in [[Nanded]], [[Maharastra]] |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937 |6|15|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Bhingar]], [[Bombay Province]], [[British India]] |nationality = Indian |known_for = [[2012 Indian anti-corruption movement|Indian anti-corruption movement - 2012]], <br> [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|Indian anti-corruption movement - 2011]], <br>[[Anna Hazare#Watershed development programme|Watershed development programmes]], <br> [[Freedom of information|Right to Information]] |movement = [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|Indian anti-corruption movement]], <br> [[Peace movement]] |organisation = [[India Against Corruption]] |other_names = Kisan Baburao Hazare |spouse = Married |parents = Laxmanbai Hazare <br />Baburao Hazare |awards = {{nowrap|[[Padma Shri]] (1990)<br />[[Padma Bhushan]] (1992)}} |website = {{URL|http://www.annahazare.org}}<br>{{URL|http://www.beinganna.org}} }} '''Kisan Baburao Hazare''' known as '''Anna Hazare''' (born 15 June 1937) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] social [[activist]]. He is known for developing a village called [[Ralegaon Siddhi]] in [[India]]. He played a large part in the [[2011 Indian anti-corruption]] movement. He has served in the [[Indian Army]]. He won the third highest award in India, the [[Padma Bhushan]]. In April 2011, he started an indefinite hunger strike to pressurize the [[Government of India|Indian Government]] to accept his demands on [[corruption]]. The Government accepted his demands later, and he ended his fast. In August 2011, he started another hunger strike.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14540696| first=Alizeh|last=Kohari| title= Hunger strikes: What can they achieve?|work=BBC News | date = 16 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Anna Hazare - Biography & Facts About Anna Hazare|url=https://www.knowledgepublisher.com/