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'''Shambhu Dutt''' (9 September 1918 – 15 April 2016), born '''Shambu Dutt Sharma'''<ref>[[Pnina Werbner]] [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1j4kDQAAQBAJ&pg=SA9-PA17] Political Aesthetics of Global Protest</ref> was an Indian Gandhian [[freedom fighter (India)|freedom fighter]] and anti-corruption activist.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Shambhu Dutt Sharma was born in [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province, British India]] in [[Hoshiarpur District]] near [[Mukerian]] on 9 September 1918.<ref>See Pattanaik and Mohapatra reference cited below for brief bio-data of Shambhu Dutt Sharma (pages 291-292)</ref><br />
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==Gandhian freedom fighter==<br />
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He was a Gandhian [[Freedom fighter (India)|freedom fighter]]. He joined [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s [[Quit India movement]] in 1942 at the age of 24 after resigning as a civilian gazetted officer from the [[British Indian Army]]. Shambhu Dutt was a law graduate. He was imprisoned.<ref>Sowesh Pattanaik and Atanu Mohapatra (2014), The Gandhian Struggle Against Corruption (Lokpal and Beyond), Surendra Publications, New Delhi.</ref><br />
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In 1975 he was again imprisoned protesting during the [[Emergency in India]] imposed by Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref>''[[The Hindu]]'', 13 August 2011 {{fcn|date=October 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Fighting corruption==<br />
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In 2007, when honorary general secretary of the Gandhian Satyagraha Brigade, Sharma said "corruption has become rampant. It has to be wiped out. On this issue we will start the Satyagraha".<ref>Satyagraha against corruption, [[The Economic Times]], 18 August 2007</ref> He favoured the adoption of the Corrupt Public Servants (Forfeiture of Property) bill prepared by the [[Law Commission of India]] in 1999, which proposed to bar criminals from contesting elections.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/the-original-anna/story-0BfvJ6lMBV1S75ubrFR2yL.html The original Anna], [[Hindustan Times]], 3 July 2011.</ref><br />
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At the age of 92 on 30 January 2011 he ended his [[fast unto death]] demanding the end of [[corruption in India]], persuaded by several prominent people including [[Kiran Bedi]], [[Swami Agnivesh]] and also by [[Prashant Bhushan]] and [[Arvind Kejriwal]]. However, he felt betrayed because [[Anna Hazare]] was getting media attention.<ref>Anna's battle: Why Shambhu Dutt feels betrayed, [[Rediff.com|Rediff news]], 19 August 2011.</ref><ref>94-yr-old Gandhian 'regrets' handing over Lokpal baton to Team Anna, [[The Indian Express]], 8 November 2011</ref><br />
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He was also the founder of [[Transparency International India]].<ref>Shradhanjali (SD Sharma 9 Sep 1918 – 15 April 2016), Transparency International India, 16 April 2016.</ref> Sharma's team was known as Gandhian Seva Brigade.<ref>Hindustan Times, 12 June 2011</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Gandhism]]<br />
* [[Jan Lokpal Bill]]<br />
* [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement]]<br />
* [[Lokpal]]<br />
* [[Lok Sewak Sangh]]<!-- was leader in the mid-2000s per https://books.google.com/books?id=1j4kDQAAQBAJ&pg=SA7-PA50--><br />
* [[Satyagraha]]<br />
* [[The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013]]<br />
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