New Delhi: Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign, which has captured the imagination of the nation like no other, has some high-profile faces lending it weight and substance. Here are the key faces:
Anna Hazare: Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare is known for his contribution to the development of Ragelan Siddhi, a village in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district. He was awarded a Padma Bhushan in 1992 for turning it into a model village. On April 5, he began a fast-unto-death for a strong anti-corruption law. He broke the fast after 98 hours after the government gave in to his demands.
Swami Agnivesh: Born as Shyam Vepa Rao, the saffron-clad activist is best known for his work against bonded labour. He is the founder of the World Council of Arya Samaj and is associated with the UN Trust Fund on contemporary forms of slavery. A former lecturer at St Xavier's College, Kolkata, he joined the Hindu Reformist Movement in Haryana and became a legislator. He is an also a proponent of the inter-faith dialogue and is a member of the board of the Elijah Interfaith Institute.
Arvind Kejriwal: He is a crusader for greater transparency in government. The graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur is popularly known as the RTI or the Right to Information Man. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emerging Leadership in 2006 for empowering citizens to fight corruption.
Kiran Bedi: India's first woman supercop is known for her reforms in New Delhi's Tihar Jail to rehabilitate inmates and integrate them to the mainstream. A TV presenter, Bedi is also the founder of Navjyoti, for welfare and preventive policing in 1987 and India Vision Foundation for prison reforms.
Anna Hazare: Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare is known for his contribution to the development of Ragelan Siddhi, a village in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district. He was awarded a Padma Bhushan in 1992 for turning it into a model village. On April 5, he began a fast-unto-death for a strong anti-corruption law. He broke the fast after 98 hours after the government gave in to his demands.
Swami Agnivesh: Born as Shyam Vepa Rao, the saffron-clad activist is best known for his work against bonded labour. He is the founder of the World Council of Arya Samaj and is associated with the UN Trust Fund on contemporary forms of slavery. A former lecturer at St Xavier's College, Kolkata, he joined the Hindu Reformist Movement in Haryana and became a legislator. He is an also a proponent of the inter-faith dialogue and is a member of the board of the Elijah Interfaith Institute.
Arvind Kejriwal: He is a crusader for greater transparency in government. The graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur is popularly known as the RTI or the Right to Information Man. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emerging Leadership in 2006 for empowering citizens to fight corruption.
Kiran Bedi: India's first woman supercop is known for her reforms in New Delhi's Tihar Jail to rehabilitate inmates and integrate them to the mainstream. A TV presenter, Bedi is also the founder of Navjyoti, for welfare and preventive policing in 1987 and India Vision Foundation for prison reforms.