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Swami Agnivesh passes away at 80

Swami Agnivesh. file photo

New Delhi, September 11

Social activist and reformer Swami Agnivesh, who spent a lifetime opposing slavery and bonded labour, died on Friday at the age of 80.

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Doctors at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences said he was under treatment for cirrhosis of the liver and was on ventilator support. — TNS

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