What is Sindhutai Sapkal?
{{Infobox person | name = Sindhutai Sapkal | image = Dr. Sindhutai Sapkal, Pune on International Women’s Day 2017 (cropped).jpg | other_names = Mai ({{literally}} mother) | caption = Sapkal in 2018 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1948|11|14}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|01|04|1948|11|14}} | birth_place = [[Wardha]], [[Central Provinces and Berar]], [[Dominion of India|India]] | death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India | spouse = | children = | occupation = {{hlist|[[Social worker]]|social activist}} }} '''Sindhutai Sapkal''' (14 November 1948 – 4 January 2022) was an Indian [[social worker]] and social activist. She was known for her work in raising orphaned children in India. She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2021. She took care of over 1,500 orphaned children. She had a grand family of 382 sons-in-law and 49 daughters-in-law. She used award money to buy land to make a home for orphaned children.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bose |first1=Mrityunjay |title=Sindhutai Sapkal, 'mom to thousands of orphans', passes away |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/sindhutai-sapkal-mom-to-thousands-of-orphans-passes-away-1068028.html |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=4 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sindhutai Sapkal Birthday: From begging to becoming the mother of thousands of orphans|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/sindhutai-sapkal-birthday-from-begging-to-becoming-the-mother-of-thousands-of-orphans/amp_articleshow/79192692.cms#aoh=16073351407062&referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251$s|access-date=7 December 2020|website=mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com}}</ref> Sapkal died of a [[heart attack]] in [[Pune]], [[India]] on 4 January 2022, at the age of 73.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sindhutai Sapkal, 'orphan children's mother', dies|work=[[Press Trust of India]]|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/13021311_Sindhutai-Sapkal---orphan-children-s-mother---dies.html}}</ref> ==References== {{refli