Ranjit Naik
Ranjit Poojari Naik (22 October 1933 – 30 July 2004) was an architect and social worker who helped Mumbai slum dwellers. He had an involvement in nearly 50 slum redevelopment projects and was director of the People's Participation Programme. An activist for the Banjara people, Naik spoke at the second World Romani Conference in 1978, where he delivered a paper titled Banjara (Indian Roma) from Barothan.
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Ranjit Naik
- Name
- Ranjit Poojari Naik
- Born
- 22 October 1933
- Birthplace
- Naginayanichervu Tanda village
- Died
- 30 July 2004
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Known for
- Social work
- Occupation
- Architect and social worker
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Ranjit Poojari Naik (22 October 1933 – 30 July 2004) was an architect and social worker who helped Mumbai slum dwellers. He had an involvement in nearly 50 slum redevelopment projects and was director of the People's Participation Programme. An activist for the Banjara people, Naik spoke at the second World Romani Conference in 1978, where he delivered a paper titled Banjara (Indian Roma) from Barothan.
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Naik, who came from Anantapur district, died in a Mumbai hospital on 30 July 2004.
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• Name — Ranjit Poojari Naik • Born — 22 October 1933 • Birthplace — Naginayanichervu Tanda village • Died — 30 July 2004 • Place of death — Mumbai • Known for — Social work • Occupation — Architect and social worker
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- 1.Mukhija, Vinit. Squatters as Developers?: Slum Redevelopment in Mumbai. Routledge. 140, 162. 2017. 978-1-35189-842-3.
- 2.Shashi, Shyam Singh. The World of Nomads. Lotus Press. 143. 2006. 978-8-18382-051-6.
- 3.Hancock, Ian. Scholarship and the Gypsy Struggle : Commitment in Romani Studies: A Collection of Papers and Poems to Celebrate Donald Kenrick's Seventieth Year. University of Hertfordshire Press. xxvi, 13. 2000. 978-1-90280-601-3.
- 4.Saarc Home. www.foundationsaarcwriters.com.
- 5.Homage paid to Banjara leader. The Hindu. April 2021.
- 6.Naik, Dhanasing B. The Art and Literature of Banjara Lambanis: A Socio-cultural Study. Abhinav Publications. 145. 2000. 978-8-17017-364-9.
- 7.Census Department, Government of India. Handicraft Survey Report on Banjara Embroidery: Maharashtra. 1981.
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- February 2018.
- Naik, Dhanasing B. The Art and Literature of Banjara Lambanis: A Socio-cultural Study. Abhinav Publications. 145. 2000. 978-8-17017-364-9.
- February 2018.
- February 2018.
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