'Anandwan', the community near Warora in Maharashtra for the care and rehabilitation of leprosy patients, is associated with:

"Anandwan" ("forest of joy"), a community near Warora in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of leprosy patients and other disadvantaged people, was founded by Baba Amte in 1949-1951.

About Baba Amte:

• His full name was Murlidhar Devidas Amte; he was born on 26 December 1914 at Hinganghat, in the Wardha district of Maharashtra.
• He was a lawyer from a wealthy family, who gave up his practice to serve the poor.
• He was influenced by Gandhi and took part in the freedom struggle.
• He was moved to serve leprosy patients after he saw a dying leprosy patient abandoned on the road.

About Anandwan:

• At a time when leprosy patients were treated as outcasts, he started a community where they could live with dignity, receive treatment and work for their living.
• It began with a few patients and a small piece of land, and grew into a self-reliant community with farms, workshops, schools, hospitals and colleges.
• The residents themselves run many of its activities.
• He also founded other projects, such as Somnath and Lok Biradari Prakalp (at Hemalkasa, for the Madia Gond tribals, run by his son Dr Prakash Amte).

His other work:

• He led the "Bharat Jodo" (Unite India) movement in 1985, a long march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, for national unity and peace.
• He was an active participant in the Narmada Bachao Andolan, opposing the Sardar Sarovar Dam.

Awards:

• He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1985), the Padma Vibhushan (1986), the Gandhi Peace Prize (1999) and the UN Human Rights Prize (1988), among others.
• He died on 9 February 2008.

His family:

His wife Sadhana Amte, sons Vikas and Prakash Amte, and their families continue his work.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Vinoba Bhave led the Bhoodan movement; Mother Teresa worked in Kolkata; Sunderlal Bahuguna led the Chipko movement.