2011 Indian anti-corruption movement
2011 CE.
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The Indian anti-corruption movement, popularly known as Anna Andolan, was a series of demonstrations and protests across India that began in 2011 and was intended to establish strong legislation and enforcement against perceived endemic political corruption. The movement was named as one of the "Top 10 News Stories of 2011" by Time magazine. The wheels of this development took a public outburst first during the rally at Jantar Mantar organised by yoga guru Ramdev on 14 November 2010 to hand over police complaint against the corruption in 2010 Commonwealth Games. A rally was organised at historic Ramlila Maidan, Delhi, in which a group of notable people including Arvind Kejriwal, Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan, Kiran Bedi, Ram Jethmalani, Medha Patkar, Swami Agnivesh, Col. Devinder Sehrawat, Sunita Godara, Harsh Mandar, Archbishop of Delhi, Justice D. S. Tewatia, Devinder Sharma, PV Rajgopal and Trilok Sharma marched after holding a public meeting, in which the decision to invite social activist Anna Hazare to lead the movement was taken. Peaceful public marches against corruption were held in several cities in India.
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