25 Facts About Lenin Raghuvanshi

Lenin Raghuvanshi is an Indian Dalit rights activist, political thinker and social entrepreneur.

Lenin Raghuvanshi is one of the founding members of People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights, which works for the upliftment of the marginalised sections of the society.

Lenin Raghuvanshi nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to combat masculinity driven militarist traditions, for his contribution to bettering conditions for peace in world and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of masculinity driven militarist traditions as a weapon of war and conflict.

Lenin Raghuvanshi was born in a higher caste Hindu family, to Surendra Nath Singh and Shrimati Savitri Devi, on 18 May 1970.

Lenin Raghuvanshi did his bachelor's course in Ayurveda, Modern Medicine and Surgery from the State Ayurvedic Medical College, Gurukul Kangari, Haridwar in 1994.

Lenin Raghuvanshi refers to his higher caste Hindu upbringing as "feudal".

Lenin Raghuvanshi became the president of the Uttar Pradesh chapter of United Nations Youth Organisation at the age of 23.

Lenin Raghuvanshi founded the People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights in 1996, along with his life partner Shruti Nagvanshi, historian Mahendra Pratap, musician Vikash Maharaj, and poet Gyanedra Pati.

In 1999, Lenin Raghuvanshi founded a community-based organisation, Jan Mitra Nyas, which was backed by ActionAid.

Lenin Raghuvanshi was elected in 2001 into the executive council of Voice of People, supported by Child Rights and You, an organisation active in 15 districts of Uttar Pradesh, which works for the rights of the children.

Lenin Raghuvanshi was appointed as a member of the District Vigilance Committee on Bonded Labour under Bonded Labour abolition Act 1976 by the Governor of UP in 2002.

Lenin Raghuvanshi filed an FIR against Rajendar Thripathi, the village head of Belwa in the Badagaon block of Varanasi administrative district in his capacity as a member of the District Vigilance Committee.

However, Rajendar escaped arrest, and Lenin Raghuvanshi has been reported to be receiving death threats since then.

Lenin Raghuvanshi represented the Bunkar Dastkar Adhikar Manch in the People's Tribunal on Human Rights, chaired by Sayeda Hameed, a member of the Planning Commission of India, briefing on the reportedly poor situation of the Varanasi weavers.

Lenin Raghuvanshi has called for the establishment of a neo-Dalit movement to eliminate the caste system and overthrow feudalism, thereby establishing a society based on equal dignity for all humankind.

Lenin Raghuvanshi was appointed as the state director for the European Union funded National Project on Prevention of Torture in 2006, in recognition of the reports published by PVCHR on torture incidents in the state.

Lenin Raghuvanshi drafted a Testimonial model for India along with Dr Inger Agger, working further on dealing with torture.

Lenin Raghuvanshi was awarded the Gwangju Human Rights Award in 2007, along with Irom Sharmila.

Lenin Raghuvanshi was appointed as the member of NGO core Committee of National Human Rights Commission in 2012, in recognition of his tireless work for human rights.

In 2015, Lenin Raghuvanshi was invited at the Global Tolerance Forum in Drammen, Norway where he voiced his strong opinion on the contemporary political situation in India, showed deep concern about increasing hold of fundamentalist and extremists elements in Indian society.

In 2016, Lenin Raghuvanshi was selected member of Global India-an Ireland-based Horizon 2020 funded Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Training Network.

Lenin Raghuvanshi has been awarded the following national and international honours since 2018:.

Lenin Raghuvanshi frequently contribute articles in local, national and international magazine and online websites.

Lenin Raghuvanshi became member of advisory board at Journal of Transdisciplinary Peace Praxis.

Lenin Raghuvanshi is member of the IRCT Data and Research Methods Reference Group.