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| name = Dharam Pal Saini<br />
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| birth_date =24 जून<br />
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1930<br />
| birth_place = [[Dhar district, India|Dhar]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India<br />
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| occupation = Farmer, Educator<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]], 1992<ref name=padma/><br />
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'''Dharam Pal Saini''' in an Indian educationist and social activist who was awarded [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 1995 for educating tribal girls in [[Bastar district|Bastar]].<ref name=padma>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Award=Padma+Shri|title=Padma Awards &#124; Interactive Dashboard|website=www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in|access-date=2021-05-06|archive-date=2021-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506142654/http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Award=Padma+Shri|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/the-week-man-of-the-year-2012-badshah-of-bastar.html|title=BADSHAH OF BASTAR|website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] }}</ref> In 2021, Saini played a key role in securing the release of a COBRA commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas from Naxalists post [[2021 Sukma-Bijapur attack]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maoists-release-crpf-commando/article34273066.ece|title=Maoists release CRPF commando|first=Vijaita|last=Singh|newspaper=The Hindu |date=April 8, 2021|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Saini runs Mata Rukmani Devi Ashram's residential schools, whose tribal girl students have won several national sports events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/tauji-of-bastar-empowers-tribal-girls-and-how/articleshow/53131119.cms|title=Tauji of Bastar empowers tribal girls and how! - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=9 July 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/61236/bastar-tauji-dharampal-saini-education-chattisgarh/|title=Meet 87-Year-Old 'Tauji', the Force Behind Tribal Girls' Education in Naxal-Infested Bastar|date=July 11, 2016}}</ref><br />
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