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{{short description|Indian environmentalist|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| parents = Munshi Ram Kumar Bhargava<br>Rani [[Lila Ramkumar Bhargava]]
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Order of the Golden Ark]]<br>[[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]
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'''Ranjit Bhargava''', is an Indian environmentalist, known for his endeavors towards environmental conservation and his efforts for obtaining [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] status for the upper [[Ganga]] region.<ref name="Ganga Action">{{cite web | url=http://www.gangaaction.org/drive-to-get-upper-ganga-declared-a-world-heritage-site/ | title=Ganga Action | publisher=Ganga Action | date=25 June 2011 | accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> The Government of India honored him in 2010, with the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2014 | accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref> He is also a recipient of the [[Order of the Golden Ark]] from Prince Bernard of the Netherlands<ref name="India Today">{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ranjit-bhargava-awarded-the-order-of-the-golden-ark-by-prince-bernhard-of-the-netherlands/1/265757.html | title=India Today | publisher=India Today | date=14 December 1998 | accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref> and the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Order of Merit]] of the Government of Germany.<ref name="Oman info">{{cite web | url=http://www.omaninfo.com/news/150-year-old-holy-quran-gifted-khalili.asp | title=Oman info | publisher=Oman info | date=2014 | accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Highbeam">{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-249029423.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329042608/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-249029423.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2015-03-29 | title=Highbeam | publisher=Highbeam | date=2014 | accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
Ranjit Bhargava was born the family of [[Munshi Nawal Kishore]], (1836–1895) a known publisher, as a fifth generation member, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh,<ref name="Ranjit Bhargava" /> India.<ref name="Munshi Nawal Kishore">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1PqAgAAQBAJ&q=Ranjit+Bhargava&pg=PT219 | title=Munshi Nawal Kishore | publisher=Amazon | date=2014 | isbn=9789383260973 | accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="The Hive">{{cite web | url=http://www.nainitaltourism.com/the_hive.html | title=The Hive | publisher=Nainital Tourism | date=2014 | accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref> to Munshi Ram Kumar Bhargava, holder of the title ''Raja'' by the then Viceory of India, [[Lord Wavell]]<ref name="Ranjit Bhargava">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uw0sjyxjbE | title=Ranjit Bhargava | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=19 August 2011 | accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> and Rani [[Lila Ramkumar Bhargava]], a 1971 [[Padma Shri]] awardee.<ref name="Padma Shri" /><ref name="Ranjit Bhargava" /> He headed the Uttar Pradesh chapter of the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] (WWF).<ref name="Ranjit Bhargava" /> A member of the faculty of Foreign Affairs at [[Lucknow University]], Bhargava is a life member of the Indian National Trust For Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)<ref name="India Today" /> where has instituted the ''INTACH Environmental Award'' in memory of his son, Anirudh Bhargava.<ref name="INTACH Environmental Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.intach.org/awards.asp?links=award1 | title=INTACH Environmental Award | publisher=INTACH | date=2014 | accessdate=14 November 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111230228/http://intach.org/awards.asp?links=award1 | archivedate=11 November 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Bhargava is one of the founders of the ''Upper Ganga Region'' initiative, a collective campaign for getting the Upper Ganga Region, comprising [[Rishikesh]] and [[Haridwar]], the status of [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]].<ref name="Ganga Action" /> He is also involved with other environment related campaigns such as the ''Citizens' Forum on Public Policy''<ref name="Geocities">{{cite web | url=http://www.geocities.ws/davefergus/ClimateChange/declaration.html | title=Geocities | publisher=Geocities | date=2014 | accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> and the campaign for the protection of Indian sites abroad, like [[Indian National Army|INA]] Memorial in Singapore and [[Jim Corbett|Jim Corbett's]] tomb in [[Nyeri]], Kenya.<ref name="Ranjit Bhargava" /> ''The Hive'', a British heritage bungalow used by Christopher Corbett, the father of [[Jim Corbett]], has been bought by Bhargava and is now a tourist attraction in Ayarpatta, [[Nainital]].<ref name="The Hive" />

Ranjit Bhargava is the author of a book on environment by title, ''Environment:A Will To Fail''.<ref name="Environment:A Will To Fail ">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/ranjit-bhargava/ | title=Environment:A Will To Fail | publisher=Oscar Publications | author=Bhargava, Ranjit | year=1999 | isbn=9788185097497}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
Ranjit Bhargava has been honored by the Government of Germany [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Order of Merit]].<ref name="Oman info" /><ref name="Highbeam" /> This was followed by the title, the [[Order of the Golden Ark|Officer of the Order of the Golden Ark]], conferred by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.<ref name="Ranjit Bhargava" /><ref name="India Today" /> In 2010. The [[Government of India]] included in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list for the [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri" />

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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/ranjit-bhargava/ | title=Environment:A Will To Fail | publisher=Oscar Publications | author=Bhargava, Ranjit | year=1999 | isbn=9788185097497}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uw0sjyxjbE | title=Ranjit Bhargava | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=19 August 2011 | accessdate=15 November 2014}}
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