Mr. Amte won awards from the United Nations and human rights organizations. He also was a recipient of the 1990 John M. Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, which carried a purse of $580,000.

Murlidhar Devdas Amte was born Dec. 26, 1914, at Hinganghat, in Maharashtra. His family gave him his lifelong nickname, Baba. Amte won awards from the United Nations and human rights organizations.

Renowned humanitarian and Magsaysay award winner Baba Amte (94) was laid to rest in the shaded grounds of Anandvan, his primary mission project for leprosy patients, amid state honours on Sunday ...

100 years of Baba Amte Ahead of the birth centenary of one of India's greatest social workers, a visit to Anandwan and Hemalkasa, where his legacy lives on ...

Pune: The Auto-Immune Blistering Disease Foundation (AIBDF) conferred the inaugural 'AIBDF Gondan Award' to social workers Dr Mandakini and Dr Prakash.

Baba Amte, a follower of Mohandas Gandhi whose dedication to helping the lepers of India brought him the Templeton Prize and many other international awards, died Feb. 9 at his shelter for leprosy … ...

In recognition of his contributions, Baba Amte was awarded several accolades, including the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award in India, in 1986.

A strong believer in India's unity, Baba Amte at age 72, launched the first Knit India March and walked from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.

Baba Amte, a follower of Mohandas K. Gandhi whose dedication to helping the lepers of India brought him international acclaim, died Feb. 9 at his shelter for leprosy patients in the western Indian … ...

New Delhi, Dec 26 (PTI) Search engine giant Google on Wednesday paid homage to Indian social worker and activist Murlidhar Devidas Amte, affectionately known as Baba Amte, with a colourful doodle ...