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{{Short description|India social worker}}
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| birth_place = [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Bibi Prakash Kaur''' is a social worker from Jalandhar, India. She received the [[Padma Shri]] for her social service towards abandoned female children in [[Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agnihotri Chaba |first=Anju |date=2021-01-26 |title=Mother to 80 abandoned girls, Punjab social worker is awarded Padma Shri |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/mother-to-80-abandoned-girls-punjab-social-worker-is-awarded-padma-shri-7161657/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=}}</ref>

She was an abandoned girl herself, left as a baby on the streets, and was raised at Nari Niketan. She left Nari Niketan in 1993 to start her own home to provide shelter for the abandoned girls. She started with eight girls but gradually the number of abandoned girls increased.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prakash Kaur: A mother to 100 abandoned girls feted with Padma Shri |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/a-mother-to-100-abandoned-girls-336141 |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=The Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Icon Detailed Description |url=https://www.drishtiias.com/inspirational-icons/prakash-kaur#:~:text=Prakash%20Kaur%20was%20nominated%20for,Niketan%20in%20Jalandhar%20city,%20Punjab. |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Drishti IAS |language=en}}</ref> She encourages parents not to abandon their children on the street, but to bring them to her instead.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 November 2021 |title=ਬੀਬੀ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਕੌਰ ਪਦਮਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਸਨਮਾਨਿਤ, ‘ਸੁਪਨਾ ਬਸ ਇਕ ਸੜਕਾਂ ਕੰਢੇ ਨਾ ਰੁਲੇ ਕੋਈ ਧੀ’ |url=https://dailypost.in/latest-punjabi-news/bibi-parkash-kaur-honored/ |access-date=28 January 2025 |website=[[Daily Post India]] |language=pa}}</ref>

The Unique Home, her shelter for abandoned children, is equipped with a [[baby hatch]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rai |first=Priyanka |date=24 January 2011 |title=Mother Hope: Prakash Kaur and her Unique Home for Girls |url=https://thebetterindia.com/2350/mother-hope-prakash-kaur-and-her-unique-home-for-girls/ |access-date=28 January 2025 |website=[[The Better India]]}}</ref>

She was also given the [[Real Heroes Award]] from [[Reliance Industries]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Vinay |date=9 November 2021 |title=बच्चियों का जीवन रोशन करने वाली बीबी प्रकाश कौर को पद्मश्री, राष्ट्रपति रामनाथ कोविंद ने किया अलंकृत |url=https://www.jagran.com/punjab/jalandhar-city-bibi-prakash-kaur-will-get-padma-shri-today-jalandhar-news-22190417.html |access-date=28 January 2025 |website=[[Dainik Jagran]] |language=hi}}</ref>

== Awards ==

* [[Padma Shri]]
* International Women's Day Award (awarded by [[Raghav Chadha|Raghav Chadda]], member of Rajya Sabha)

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[[Category:People from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Indian social workers]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work]]

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