Sindhutai sapkal biography template
Biography template for professionals...
Sindhutai Sapkal
Indian social worker and activist (1948–2022)
Sindhu Shrihari Sapkal (14 November 1948 – 4 January 2022) (pronunciationⓘ), affectionately called Sindhutai, was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for her work in raising orphaned children in India.
Sindhutai sapkal biography template
She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021 and many other awards in the Social Work category.
Early life
Sapkal was born on 14 November 1948,[1] in Pimpri Meghe in Wardha district in the then Central Provinces and Berar of Dominion of India to Abhimanyu Sathe, a cowherder.[2][3] Being an unwanted child, she was referred to as Chindhi (Marathi for "piece of rag").
Abject poverty, family responsibilities and childhood marriage to an older man forced her to quit formal education after she successfully passed the fourth standard.[4] Sapkal was married off at age 12 to Shrihari Sapkal, who was 20 years older than her, and moved to Nawargaon, Seloo i