What is Agnivesh?
[[File:Swami Agnivesh (2019).jpg|right|200px]] '''Agnivesh''' (born '''Vepa Shyam Rao'''; 21 September 1939 – 11 September 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly from the Indian state of [[Haryana]], an Arya Samaj scholar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/differences-can-be-resolved-through-debate-agnivesh/articleshow/65746058.cms|title=Differences can be resolved through debate: Arya Samaj scholar Agnivesh|work=Pune Mirror|access-date=2018-10-10|archive-date=2018-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010140553/https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/differences-can-be-resolved-through-debate-agnivesh/articleshow/65746058.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was best known for his work against [[bonded labour]] through the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, which he founded in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-11|title=Renowned social activist Swami Agnivesh passes away|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/swami-agnivesh-passes-away-6592319/|access-date=2020-09-11|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> Agnivesh was the president of the World Council of Arya Samaj from 2004 to 2014.<ref>[http://www.agnimanthan.com/swami.asp About Agnivesh] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726135116/http://www.agnimanthan.com/swami.asp |date=26 July 2009 }} ''agnimanthan.com''.</ref> and served as the chairperson of the [[United Nations]] Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of [[Slavery]] from 1994 to 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-swami-agnivesh-5264681/|title=Who is Swami Agnivesh?|date=2018-07-18|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-10-10|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=UNHCR2002>{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2002|url=http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/AboutUs/annualreport2002.pdf|publisher=[[UNHCR]]|access-date=14 June 2011}}</ref><ref name=holypeople>[https://books.google.com/books?id=H5cQH17-HnMC&dq=Swami+Agnivesh&pg=PA25 Agnivesh – Profile] ''Holy People of the World: