Krishan Dev Dewan
Born
India
OccupationSocial worker
Known forVaishali Area Small Farmers Association
ChildrenDr. S.K.Dewan, Mr. Sudhir Dewan, Mrs. Asha Chaudhary, Mr. Rajiv Dewan Dr. Vanita Kapoor
AwardsPadma Shri

Krishan Dev Dewan is an Indian social worker and the founder of Vaishali Area Small Farmers Association, a non governmental organization for the welfare of the farmers in Vaishali, in the Indian state of Bihar.[1] He is known to have organised the refugee farmers of Nilokheri to make them self-reliant.[2] His activities at Vaishali have been listed by the Food and Agriculture Organization, placing them under People's participation in development.[3] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1986.[4]

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  1. ^ "Vafsa, activities". Vafsa. 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Days 42,43, 63, 64, 67 Bihar". Vijay Mahajan. 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ^ "FAO Online Catalogues". FAO. 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.


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