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{{Infobox person
| name = Dr. Sindhutai Sapkal
| image = Dr. Sindhutai Sapkal, Pune on International Women’s Day 2017 (cropped).jpg
| other_names = Mai ({{literally}} mother)
| caption = Sapkal in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1948|11|14}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|01|04|1948|11|14}}
| birth_place = [[Wardha]], [[Central Provinces and Berar]], [[Dominion of India]]
| death_place = [[Pune, Maharashtra]], India
| spouse =
| children =
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Social worker]]|social activist}}
}}

'''Dr. Sindhutai Sapkal''' (14 November 1948 – 4 January 2022) was an Indian [[social worker]] and social activist known particularly for her work in raising orphaned children in India. She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2021 in Social Work category.

== Early life ==
Sapkal was born on 14 November 1948,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sindhutaisapakal.org/about-Sindhutail-Sapkal.html|title=About Sindhutai Sapkal|publisher=Sindhutai Sapkal Organization}}</ref> in Pimpri Meghe village in [[Wardha district]] in the then [[Central Provinces and Berar]] of British India to Abhimanyu Sathe, a cowherder.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sindhutai Sapkal Birthday: From begging to becoming the mother of thousands of orphans |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/sindhutai-sapkal-birthday-from-begging-to-becoming-the-mother-of-thousands-of-orphans/articleshow/79192692.cms |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=Mumbai Mirror |date=14 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="tv9 5Jan22"/> Being an unwanted child, she was referred to as ''Chindhi'' (Marathi for "torn piece of cloth"). Abject poverty, family responsibilities and an early marriage forced her to quit formal education after she successfully passed the fourth standard.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sindhutai Sapkal |url=http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/events/sindhutai-sapkal |publisher=Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education,TIFR}}</ref> Sapkal was married off at age 12 to Shrihari Sapkal, who was 20 years elder to her, and moved to Nawargaon village, [[Seloo]] in Wardha.<ref name="IT 2020"/> The marriage did not last long and at the age of 20,<ref name="IT 2020"/> she was left on her own to care for a girl child.<ref name="loksatta 5Jan22"/><ref name="tv9 5Jan22">{{cite news |title=दिवंगत सिंधूताईंच्या कार्याचा आढावा घेणारे फोटो आणि आता फक्त सोबत उरलेल्या आठवणी |url=https://www.tv9marathi.com/photo-gallery/sindhutai-sapkal-death-take-a-look-what-sindhutai-sapkad-has-done-in-her-life-through-his-dedicated-social-work-with-these-12-photos-609394-8.html |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=[[TV9 Marathi]] |date=4 January 2022 |language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kashyap |first1=Dev |title=Sindhutai Sapkal Passed Away: मशहूर सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता पद्मश्री सिंधुताई सपकाल का 74 साल की आयु में निधन |url=https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/social-worker-padma-shri-sindhutai-sapkal-passed-away-at-age-of-74-due-to-heart-attack-in-pune |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=[[Amar Ujala]] |date=5 January 2022 |language=hi}}</ref>

== Early work with Adivasis ==
Sindhutai Sapkal later found herself in [[Chikhaldara]], where she started begging on railway platforms for food. In the process, she realised that there were many children abandoned by their parents and she adopted them as her own. She then begged more vigorously to feed them. She decided to become a mother to everyone who came across to her as an orphan. She later donated her biological child to the trust Shrimant Dagdu Sheth Halwai, Pune, to eliminate the feeling of partiality between her biological child and the adopted children.<ref name="Christian Science Monitor">{{cite news |last1=Satyajit |first1=Anita |title=Sindhutai Sapkal was begging at train stations when she found her calling – helping street children |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2015/1210/Sindhutai-Sapkal-was-begging-at-train-stations-when-she-found-her-calling-helping-street-children |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |date=10 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Mother of orphans – Sindhu Tai Sapkal – Part 1 |url=http://www.india-intro.com/blog/fan-musings/502-mother-of-orphans-sindhu-tai-sapkal-part-1.html |publisher=Indya Unlimited |date=9 March 2011}}</ref>

Details of Sapkal's struggle were provided in the weekly ''Optimist Citizen'' on 18 May 2016:
<blockquote>In this constant tussle to survive, she found herself in Chikaldara, situated in the Amravati district of Maharashtra. Here, due to a tiger preservation project, 84 tribal villages were evacuated. Amidst the confusion, a project officer impounded 132 cows of Adivasi villagers and one of the cows died. Sapkal decided to fight for proper rehabilitation of the helpless tribal villagers. Her efforts were acknowledged by the Minister of Forests and he made appropriate arrangements for alternative relocation.<ref name="Koser">{{cite news| first=Tuhin| last=Sen| title=Story of Sindhutai Sapkal – The Mother of thousands of Orphans| work=The Optoimist Citizen| date=May 8, 2016| url=https://www.theoptimistcitizen.com/sindhutai-sapkal-mother-orphans/| access-date=September 19, 2020}}</ref></blockquote>

Sapkal fought for the rehabilitation of eighty-four villages.<ref name="Koser" /> In the course of her agitation, she met Chhedilal Gupta, the then Minister of Forests. He agreed that the villagers should not be displaced before the government had made appropriate arrangements at alternative sites. When Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] arrived to inaugurate the tiger project, Sapkal showed her photographs of an [[Adivasi]] who had lost his eyes to a wild bear.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=14 May 2020|title=Meet Sindhutai Sapkal: Mother of Indian Orphans Children|url=https://sugermint.com/sindhutai-sapkal-mother-of-orphans-children-and-social-entrepreneur/|access-date=5 January 2022|website=Suger Mint|language=en-US}}</ref> She is quoted as saying, "I told her that the forest department paid compensation if a cow or a hen was killed by a wild animal, so why not a human being? She immediately ordered compensation."<ref name=":3" />

After being informed of the plight of orphaned and abandoned Adivasi children, Sapkal took care of the children in return for meager amounts of food. Shortly thereafter, it become the mission of her life.<ref name="Koser" />

== Orphanages ==
Sapkal devoted herself to orphans. As a result, she was fondly called "Mai", which means "mother". She nurtured over 1,500 orphaned children and through them had a grand family of 382 sons-in-law and 49 daughters-in-law. She has been honoured with more than 700 awards for her work. She used award money to buy land to make a home for orphaned children.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bose |first1=Mrityunjay |title=Sindhutai Sapkal, 'mom to thousands of orphans', passes away |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/sindhutai-sapkal-mom-to-thousands-of-orphans-passes-away-1068028.html |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=4 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sindhutai Sapkal Birthday: From begging to becoming the mother of thousands of orphans|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/sindhutai-sapkal-birthday-from-begging-to-becoming-the-mother-of-thousands-of-orphans/amp_articleshow/79192692.cms#aoh=16073351407062&referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251$s|access-date=7 December 2020|website=mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com}}</ref>

===Organisations===
* Mother Global Foundation [[Pune]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 July 2021|title=Pune: NGO ties up with Sindhutai Sapkal's foundation to empower orphans|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pune-ngo-ties-up-with-sindhutai-sapkals-foundation-to-empower-orphans-7403967/|access-date=5 January 2022|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en}}</ref>
* Sanmati Bal Niketan, Bhelhekar Vasti, [[Manjri]], Hadapsar, [[Pune]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Mother of Orphans|url=https://www.moneylife.in/article/mother-of-orphans/46175.html|access-date=5 January 2022|website=Moneylife NEWS & VIEWS|language=en}}</ref>
* Mamata Bal Sadan, Kumbharvalan near [[Saswad]], [[Purandar taluka]] (started in 1994)<ref name="loksatta 5Jan22">{{cite news |title=ज्येष्ठ सामाजिक कार्यकर्त्या सिंधुताई सपकाळ यांचं निधन, वयाच्या ७४ व्या वर्षी घेतला अखेरचा श्वास |url=https://www.loksatta.com/pune/senior-social-worker-sindhutai-sapkal-passes-away-in-pune-pbs-91-2747089/ |access-date=5 January 2022 |work=[[Loksatta]] |date=5 January 2022 |language=mr}}</ref>
* Savitribai Phule Mulinche Vasatigruh (''Girls' Hostel'') [[Chikhaldara]], [[Amravati]]<ref name="IT 2020">{{cite news |title=Sindhutai Sapkal: The 'Mother of Orphans' who has adopted over 1400 smiling children |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/impact-feature/story/sindhutai-sapkal-the-mother-of-orphans-who-has-adopted-over-1400-smiling-children-1676293-2020-05-10 |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=[[India Today]] |date=10 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* Abhiman Bal Bhavan, [[Wardha]]<ref name=":0" />
* Gangadharbaba Chhatralaya, Guha [[shirdi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Begging for a greater cause|url=https://indiatogether.org/manushi/issue126/sindhutai.htm|access-date=5 January 2022|website=indiatogether.org}}</ref>
* Saptsindhu' Mahila Adhar, Balsangopan Aani Shikshan Sanstha, [[Pune]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=SocialPrimes|url=https://socialprimes.com/ngo/65965ada-e3ba-4cae-81af-e58bf55e5fdf/saptasindhu%20mahila%20adhar%20balsangopan%20and%20shikshan%20sanstha|access-date=5 January 2022|website=socialprimes.com}}</ref>
* Shree Manshanti Chatralaya, [[Shirur, Maharashtra|Shirur]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Official Sindhutai Sapakal Donation Website|url=https://www.officeofsindhutai.org/contact|access-date=5 January 2022|website=www.officeofsindhutai.org}}</ref>
* Vanvasi Gopal Krishna Bahuuddeshiya Mandal [[Amaravati]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Official Sindhutai Sapakal Donation Website|url=https://www.officeofsindhutai.org/contact|access-date=5 January 2022|website=www.officeofsindhutai.org}}</ref>

==Death==
She died of a heart attack in [[Pune]], Maharashtra, on 4 January 2022, at the age of 73.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sindhutai Sapkal, 'orphan children's mother', dies|work=[[Press Trust of India]]|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/13021311_Sindhutai-Sapkal---orphan-children-s-mother---dies.html}}</ref>

== Awards ==
[[file:Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Nari Shakti Puruskar for the year 2017 to Dr. Sindhutai Sapkal (cropped).jpg|thumb|President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] presenting the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] to Sapkal in 2017]]

* 2021 - [[Padma Shri]] in Social work category<ref>{{cite press release |title=Padma Awards 2021 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1692337 |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=[[Press Information Bureau]] |date=25 January 2021 |location=Delhi, India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=गिरीश प्रभुणे, सिंधुताई सपकाळ यांना पद्मश्री |url=https://www.loksatta.com/desh-videsh-news/padma-shri-to-girish-prabhune-sindhutai-sapkal-abn-97-2387689/ |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=[[Loksatta]] |date=26 January 2021 |language=mr-IN}}</ref>
* 2017 – [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] from the President Of India<ref>{{cite web | title=Nari Shakti Puraskar | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nari-shakti-puraskar/articleshow/63203332.cms | work=[[The Times of India]] | date= 7 March 2018}}</ref>
* 2016 – Honorary doctorate by the [[Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Engineering, Pune]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sindhutai Sapkal|url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/sindhutai_sapkal-profile-11965-30.htm|access-date=5 January 2022|website=veethi.com}}</ref>
* 2016 – Social Worker of the Year award from [[Wockhardt]] Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 March 2020|title=Sindhutai Sapkal : The mother of orphans|url=https://oneindiaonepeople.com/sindhutai-sapkal-the-mother-of-orphans/|access-date=5 January 2022|website=One India One People Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2014 – [[Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize]]<ref>{{cite web | author= Zia H Shah | title=This year Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize went to a Hindu Humanitarian Sou. Sindhutai Sapkal. | url=http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2015/03/countries/india/the-2015-ahmadiyya-muslim-prize-for-the-advancement-of-peace-goes-to-sou-sindhutai-sapkal#ixzz3UX1Qxrwk | publisher=The Muslim Times | date= 14 March 2015}}</ref>
* 2013 – [[Mother Teresa Awards]] for Social Justice<ref>{{cite web|title=Harmony Foundation to host Mother Teresa awards on Nov 9|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-harmony-foundation-to-host-mother-teresa-awards-on-nov-9-2033089|date=8 November 2014|work=dna|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.|access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mother Teresa Awards given to promoters of social justice|url=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/mother-teresa-awards-given-to-promoters-of-social-justice/|publisher=Catholic News Agency|access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref>
* 2013 – The National Award for Iconic Mother <ref>{{cite news |title=Mukherjee confers first National Award for Senior Citizens |url=http://netindian.in/news/2013/10/01/00026217/mukherjee-confers-first-national-award-senior-citizens |publisher=NetIndian |date=1 October 2013}}</ref>
* 2012 – Real Heroes Awards, given by [[CNN-IBN]] and [[Reliance Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Real Heroes |url=http://www.realheroes.com/2012-heroes.php |publisher=Reliance Foundation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331051827/http://www.realheroes.com/2012-heroes.php |archive-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>
* 2012 – COEP Gaurav Puraskar, given by [[College of Engineering, Pune]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Sindhutai Sapkal – WOMAN of ACTION™|url=https://acelebrationofwomen.org/2021/12/sindhutai-sapkal-woman-of-action-2/|access-date=5 January 2022|website=acelebrationofwomen.org}}</ref>
* 2010 – Ahilyabai Holkar Award, given by the [[Government of Maharashtra]] to social workers in the field of women and child welfare<ref name="timesofindia 2002">{{Cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-11-28/pune/27316600_1_cash-award-child-welfare-social-workers|title=Sindhutai Sapkal to receive state award child welfare - Times Of India|date=3 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103120413/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-11-28/pune/27316600_1_cash-award-child-welfare-social-workers|archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Sindhutai Sapkal – WOMAN of ACTION™|url=https://acelebrationofwomen.org/2021/12/sindhutai-sapkal-woman-of-action-2/|access-date=5 January 2022|website=acelebrationofwomen.org}}</ref>
* 2008 – Women of the Year Award, given by daily Marathi newspaper [[Loksatta]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Sindhutai Sapkal – WOMAN of ACTION™|url=https://acelebrationofwomen.org/2021/12/sindhutai-sapkal-woman-of-action-2/|access-date=5 January 2022|website=acelebrationofwomen.org}}</ref>
* 1996 – Dattak Mata Purskar, given by Non Profit Organization Sunita Kalaniketan Trust<ref>{{cite web |title=Sindhutai Sapkal |url=http://www.reminderindia.com/sindhutai-sapkal/ |publisher=reminderindia.com}}</ref>
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* Sahyadri Hirkani Award ({{lang-mr|सह्याद्रीची हिरकणी पुरस्कार}})<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Sindhutai Sapkal – WOMAN of ACTION™|url=https://acelebrationofwomen.org/2021/12/sindhutai-sapkal-woman-of-action-2/|access-date=5 January 2022|website=acelebrationofwomen.org}}</ref>
* Rajai Award ({{lang-mr|राजाई पुरस्कार}})<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Sindhutai Sapkal – WOMAN of ACTION™|url=https://acelebrationofwomen.org/2021/12/sindhutai-sapkal-woman-of-action-2/|access-date=5 January 2022|website=acelebrationofwomen.org}}</ref>
* Shivlila Mahila Gaurav Award ({{lang-mr|शिवलीला महिला गौरव पुरस्कार}})<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Sindhutai Sapkal – WOMAN of ACTION™|url=https://acelebrationofwomen.org/2021/12/sindhutai-sapkal-woman-of-action-2/|access-date=5 January 2022|website=acelebrationofwomen.org}}</ref>

==Film==
The 2010 Marathi film ''[[Mee Sindhutai Sapkal]]'' by [[Anant Mahadevan]] is a biopic inspired by the true story of Sindhutai Sapkal. The film was selected for world premiere at the 54th London Film Festival.<ref name="timesofindia 2002"/>

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>Dongar Kathorekar: She was awarded the doctorate degree by DY Patil College its mentioned in the further sections