Social Activist Famous Names Starting with Letter L

The queen of the Maratha-ruled princely state of Jhansi in North India, was one of the leading figur

The queen of the Maratha-ruled princely state of Jhansi in North India, was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and a symbol of resistance to British rule in India. She has gone down in history as a legendary figure, as India's "Joan of Arc

A farmer from Uttar Pradesh, India who was officially dead between 1976 and 1994. He founded Mritak

A farmer from Uttar Pradesh, India who was officially dead between 1976 and 1994. He founded Mritak Sangh or the Association of the Dead in Uttar Pradesh, India. He fought Indian government bureaucracy for 18 years to prove that he is alive.When Lal Bihari tried to apply for a bank loan in 1976, he found out that he was officially dead: his uncle had bribed a government official to register him as dead, so that he would get the ownership of Bihari's land.

Was a Polish patriotic activist. Zaleski was a member of the Towarzystwo Demokratyczne Polskie, co-o

Was a Polish patriotic activist. Zaleski was a member of the Towarzystwo Demokratyczne Polskie, co-organiser of Józef Zaliwski guerrilla warfare (1833), co-founder of the Stowarzyszenie Ludu Polskiego (1835) and member of its Zbór Glówny, co-founder of the Konfederacja Powszechna Narodu Polskiego (1837).

Was a Chinese reformer in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican eras of Chinese history.

Was a Chinese reformer in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican eras of Chinese history.

Was a prominent political leader and social worker in Bombay, India..In 1928, young Pujari moved to

Was a prominent political leader and social worker in Bombay, India..In 1928, young Pujari moved to Bombay in order to support his large family comprising of 10 siblings. In Bombay, he embarked upon his public service career in the crime-infested Kamathipura locality. Alongside his job as an apprentice to a carpenter, Linganna got actively involved in social work and promoting communal harmony. He was singularly responsible for having quelled many a Hindu-Muslim riot in the Nagpada area of Bombay for which he was also felicitated by Commissioner Wilson in 1941.

Was a French political activist, notable for the revolutionary theory of Blanquism, attributed to hi

Was a French political activist, notable for the revolutionary theory of Blanquism, attributed to him. Implicated in the armed outbreak of the Société des Saisons, of which he was a leading member, Blanqui was condemned to death on 14 January 1840, a sentence later commuted to life imprisonment.

Was an Orthodox rabbi, historian and philologist of the twentieth century.In 1945 Rabinowitz accepte

Was an Orthodox rabbi, historian and philologist of the twentieth century.In 1945 Rabinowitz accepted a position as chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of Johannesburg and the Federation of Synagogues of Transvaal and the Orange Free State in South Africa. He became a professor of Hebrew at the University of Witwatersrand and headed the Johannesburg beth din.Rabbi Rabinowitz was an ardent follower of Zeev Jabotinsky and his brand of Revisionist Zionism. Rabinowitz gained fame by publicly discarding his British war decorations in 1947 in protest of British policies in Palestine, which he viewed as a violation of the Palestine Mandate. Always outspoken in his political opinions, he was a harsh critic of the South African government's apartheid policies.

Was a French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. She often used the pseudonym Clémence an

Was a French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. She often used the pseudonym Clémence and was also known as the red virgin of Montmartre. She was brought up by her father's parents, and received a liberal education. After her grandfather's death in 1850 she was trained to teach, but her refusal to acknowledge Napoleon III prevented her from serving in a state school. She became violently anti-Bonapartist, and is said to have contemplated the assassination of Napoleon III. She found her way in 1866 to a school in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, where she threw herself ardently into works of charity and revolutionary politics.

Was a Polish activist and teacher.he studied at the University of Kiev. In 1918 he was working as a

Was a Polish activist and teacher.he studied at the University of Kiev. In 1918 he was working as a teacher in Lithuanian language teaching gymnasium in Telšiai, (which was establishing independence from the Russian Empire during the time). Later in the interbellum period he became the director of one of the four Polish high schools in interwar Lithuania, (Adam Mickiewicz gymnasium in Kaunas (Polish: Gimnazjum im. Adama Mickiewicza w Kownie). After the Soviet invasion, he was briefly a burmister of Telšiai. From 1945-1947 he worked in a repatriation office in Vilnius, later he moved to Poland (in 1947).

Was a Polish activist, biliophile, publicist and editor. He was one of the major activists of the kr

Was a Polish activist, biliophile, publicist and editor. He was one of the major activists of the krajowcy faction, living in Vilnius (Wilno).he studied in Kharkov and Kraków. In 1906 he moved to Vilnius.[1] During World War I, while living in Poland, he actively supported Lithuanian independence.[1] There he was active contributor to Gazeta Wilenska, founded by Michal Römer. Later he was an editor of Polish language newspaper Przeglad Wilenski (Wilno Review, 1912–1913, 1921–1939).[1] The newspaper promoted krajowcy views and developed Lithuanian cultural ideas separate from Polish culture. After Abramowicz returned to Vilnius in 1919, he actively promoted the idea, that Vilnius Region should be transferred to Lithuania without tying Lithuania to union with Poland, although he suggested a cultural autonomy for Poles.[1] The issues of the Przeglad Wilenski newspaper were confiscated many times by local authorities.[1]

Was a Polish patriotic activist, pulkownik, diarist. Zychlinski participated in Giuseppe Garibaldi's

Was a Polish patriotic activist, pulkownik, diarist. Zychlinski participated in Giuseppe Garibaldi's expedition of Sicily (1860). During the American Civil War, he fought by the Union side (1862-1863). He was a pulkownik at January Uprising (1863-1864).