Narendra Dabholkar

Narendra Dabholkar
Born	(1945-11-01)1 November 1945 Satara, Bombay Province, British India
Died	20 August 2013(2013-08-20) (aged 67) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Cause of death	Gunshot wound
Occupations	Social activist founder-president of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS)
Spouse	Shaila Dabholkar
Children	2
Honours	Padma Shri (posthumous, 2014)
Website	antisuperstition.org

Narendra Achyut Dabholkar (1 November 1945 – 20 August 2013)^[1] was an Indian physician, social activist, rationalist and author from Maharashtra, India.^[2] In 1989 he founded and became president of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS, Committee for Eradication of Superstition in Maharashtra). Triggered by his assassination in 2013, the pending Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Ordinance was promulgated in the state of Maharashtra, four days later.^[3] In 2014, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Shri for social work.^[4]