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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|05|17}}
| birth_place = Adas, [[Kheda district|Kheda]], Gujarat, India
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| occupation = Social worker
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| awards = [[Oscar award]]<br>Gujarat Gaurav Award<br>Godfrey Phillips Bravery National Award
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'''Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor''' is an Indian physically disabled<ref name="Desh Gujarat">{{cite web | url=http://deshgujarat.com/2011/01/25/five-from-gujarat-to-get-padma-award-this-year/ | title=Desh Gujarat | publisher=Desh Gujarat | date=25 January 2011 | access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref> social worker from Gujarat and the founder of the [[non governmental organization]], [[Disable Welfare Trust of India]],<ref name="DWTI">{{cite web | url=http://www.disableindia.org/index.html | title=DWTI | publisher=DWTI | date=2014 | access-date=November 21, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927150237/http://disableindia.org/index.html | archive-date=September 27, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> working towards the upliftment of the physically challenged people.<ref name="Raginiya">{{cite web | url=http://m.raginiya.com/contents/videoplay/tBf9_VdQ6Nw/Kanubhai_Hasmukhbhai_Tailor_National_Bravery_Award_2013/haryanvi+Haryanvi+Aaryaa+Music | title=Raginiya | publisher=Raginiya | date=2014 | access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref> The Government of India honored Tailor in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2014 |access-date=November 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor was born on 17 May 1956 in a small village of Adas, in the [[Kheda district]] of the Indian state Gujarat, in a family with meagre financial resources.<ref name="Biography">{{cite web | url=http://www.disableindia.org/career.html | title=Biography | publisher=DWT | date=2014 | access-date=November 21, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929044815/http://disableindia.org/career.html | archive-date=September 29, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> While doing his early schooling, Kanubhai contracted [[Poliomyelitis]] due to which he suffered the permanent disability in both his legs.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Bravery-awards-distributed-to-heroes-working-at-grassroot-level/articleshow/19936786.cms | title=TOI | publisher=TOI | date=May 7, 2013 | access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref><ref name="You Repeat">{{cite web | url=http://www.yourepeat.com/g/Kanubhai/ | title=You Repeat | publisher=You Repeat | date=2014 | access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Sound cry" /> However, he continued his studies and graduated from the Shree Sahajanand Arts and Commerce College in Ahmedabad.<ref name="Biography" />

Kanubhai began his social life with a [[hunger strike]] in 1979 for free travel facilities for the disabled people. After eleven days of strike, the [[Government of Gujarat]] allowed free travel to physically handicapped people. Soon, he moved to [[Surat]] and started a small printing press, operating out of his house. In 1991, Kanubhai founded the ''Disable Welfare Trust of India'' for the welfare of the disabled people in the fields of education, vocational training and rehabilitation.<ref name="TOI" /><ref name="You Repeat" /><ref name="Sound cry">{{cite web | url=http://soundcry.com/video/XKZ4dGZkrW8/For-this-bravery-award-winner,-no-challenge-is-too-big | title=Sound cry | publisher=Sound cry | date=2014 | access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref> The Trust has over the years grown to house a school, physiotherapy centre, vocational training centre, boys and girls hostels and a rehabilitation centre, covering 400 children.<ref name="TOI" /><ref name="School">{{cite web | url=http://www.disableindia.org/school.html | title=School | publisher=School | date=2014 | access-date=November 21, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927032958/http://disableindia.org/school.html | archive-date=September 27, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Afaqs">{{cite web | url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/company_briefs/?id=56209_Godfrey+Phillips+Bravery+National+Awards+2013+honours+the+Brave+of+India | title=Afaqs | publisher=Afaqs | date=2014 | access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref>

==Awards and recognitions==
During the period he was running the printing press, Kanubhai was honored by the Government of Gujarat with the award of the Best Employer.<ref name="Biography" /> He has also received the ''Gujarat Gaurav'' award from the government.<ref name="Biography" /> The [[Government of India]] included Kanubhai in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list, in 2011, for the [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri" /> This was followed by the Godfrey Phillips Bravery National Award, which he received in 2013.<ref name="Biography" /><ref name="TOI" /><ref name="Afaqs" />

==See also==
* [[Disable Welfare Trust of India]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/photos-india/padmaawards2011/Article4-680253.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130011101/http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/photos-india/padmaawards2011/Article4-680253.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 30, 2014 | title=Padma Shri Investiture Ceremony | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=April 1, 2011 | access-date=November 21, 2014}}
* {{cite web | url=http://wikimapia.org/8910256/Disable-Welfare-Trust-of-India | title=Disable Welfare Trust of India | publisher=Wikimapia | date=2014 | access-date=November 21, 2014}}

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