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Jockin Arputham
Indian community leader (1947–2018)
Jockin Arputham (15 August 1947 – 13 October 2018) was an Indian community leader and activist, known for his campaigning work of more than 40 years on issues related to slums and shanty towns.
He was born in Karnataka, India and moved to Mumbai, where he quickly became politicized and established himself as a community leader. In 2014, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, alongside the organisation he helped to found, Slum Dwellers International.[1] In 2011, he received the Padma Shri in New Delhi for his contributions to social work, presented by the President of India.[2]
Early life
Arputham was born to Tamil parents who lived in Kolar Gold Fields (in present-day Kolar district of Karnataka) on 15 August 1947, the same day of India's independence from the United Kingdom .[3] When he was 16, he moved to Bangalore looking for work.[1]
Politicization
When he was eighteen,