Nigamananda Saraswati, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Environmental crusader
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Place of Birth: Darbhanga, Bihar, India
About Nigamananda Saraswati
- Nigamanand Saraswati or Swami Nigamananda (2 August 1976 – 13 June 2011), often referred to as Ganga Putra Nigamananda, was a Hindu monk, who went on a hunger strike on 19 February 2011 to save the river Ganges from pollution caused by illegal mining in the river bed.
- He was born in Ladari, Darbhanga and died on 13 June, the 115th day of his fast.The movement against mining in the river Ganges started in December 1997, and Nigamanand was a central figure of this movement.
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