1. Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar, widely recognized as Thakkar Bapa, was a prominent Indian social worker dedicated to the upliftment of tribal communities in what is Gujarat, India.
10 Facts About Thakkar Bapa
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Thakkar Bapa became a member of the Servants of India Society in 1914 founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1905.
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Thakkar Bapa was appointed the chairman of "Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas ", a sub committee of the constituent assembly.
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Thakkar Bapa received his first schooling for benevolence and service to humanity from his father.
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Thakkar Bapa worked as an engineer creditably in Porbander and later went out of India to serve in laying the First Railway Track in Uganda.
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Thakkar Bapa served as chief engineer in Sangli State for some time and then was employed in Bombay municipality as an engineer.
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Thakkar Bapa was shocked to see the filthy colonies where the Sweepers had to live and made a firm resolve to devote the rest of his life to alleviate the lot of these people.
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Thakkar Bapa later served in Uganda railways in East Africa.
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Thakkar Bapa became a member of Servants of India Society and advocated the rights of untouchables and tribe.
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Thakkar Bapa coined the word adivasi to refer to the tribal people, the inhabitants of forest in 1930s.