Sindhutai sapkal biography of albert

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  • On 24 November 2021, she went through surgery for a large diaphragmatic hernia. In a poignant interview, she described cutting the umbilical cord with a sharp stone. Sindhutai resorted to begging on the streets and railway stations to make her ends meet. She decided to raise her voice against this grave situation of the helpless tribal people.

    During that course, she met the then Minister of Forest, Chhedilal Gupta. So, her father sent her to school unknowing to her mother who thought that she has gone for cattle grazing. She somehow struggled to reach her parental home, but faced the similar rejection from her mother. She also has many other social organizations in Maharashtra.

    Sindhutai Sapkal with the orphaned children

    Awards, Honours, Achievements

    • Shivlila Mahila Gaurav Award
    • 1996 – Dattak Mata Purskar, given by Non-Profit Organization Sunita Kalaniketan Trust
    • 2008 – Women of the Year Award, given by daily Marathi newspaper Loksatta
    • 2010 – Ahilyabai Holkar Award, given by the Government of Maharashtra to social workers in the field of women and child welfare
    •  2012 – COEP Gaurav Puraskar, given by College of Engineering, Pune
    • 2012 – Real Heroes Awards, given by CNN-IBN and Reliance Foundation
    • 2013 – The National Award for Iconic Mother
    • 2013 – Mother Teresa Awards for Social Justice
    • 2014 – Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize
    • 2016 – Social Worker of the Year award from Wockhardt Foundation
    • 2016 – Honorary doctorate by the Dr D.Y.

      Patil College of Engineering, Pune

    • 2017 – Nari Shakti Puraskar from the President Of India

      Sindhutai Sapkal received the Nari Shakti Puruskar from the President of India Ram Nath Kovind in 2017

    • 2021 – Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2021 in the Social Work category

    Death

    Sindhutai Sapkal died due to cardiac arrest on 4 January 2022 at 8:10 PM at Galaxy Care Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra.

    At that time, she saw many orphaned children lying on the streets and railway platforms begging. Rather, her enthusiasm to help the vulnerable and mistreated aggravated.

    sindhutai sapkal biography of albert

    She also did a lot of work among marginalized communities. She gave motherly care to thousands of orphan children. Witnessing numerous orphaned children in similar predicaments, she adopted them, intensifying her begging efforts to provide for them. She is certainly a God’s gift to the orphaned children who had no one to go in times of distress and hunger.

    Her life was no less than a struggle for existence of herself and her daughter which forced her to make cowsheds, stations, and cemeteries her home.

    In her journey of utter struggle to survive, Sindhutai came to Chikaldara in Maharashtra where a tiger preservation project was carried out which resulted in the evacuation of 24 tribal villages.

    She is bestowed with over 270 national and international awards which include the Nari Shakti Award presented to her by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind. But, the question is - Who is going to bring them out of their current gross situations? At the age of 20, she was abandoned by her husband. She also took shelter in cemeteries and cowsheds with concern for her daughter’s safety.