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| known for = Vaishali Area Small Farmers Association<br />
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'''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]].<ref name="Vafsa, activities">{{cite web | url=http://vasfa.org.in/activities.php | title=Vafsa, activities | publisher=Vafsa | date=2015 | access-date=August 13, 2015}}</ref> He is known to have organised the refugee farmers of [[Nilokheri]] for making them self-reliant.<ref name="Days 42,43, 63, 64, 67 Bihar">{{cite web | url=https://vijaymahajan.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/day-63-back-to-bihar-vaishali-district/ | title=Days 42,43, 63, 64, 67 Bihar | publisher=Vijay Mahajan | date=2015 | access-date=August 13, 2015}}</ref> His activities at Vaishali has been listed by the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]], placing them under ''Peoples participation in development''.<ref name="FAO Online Catalogues">{{cite web | url=http://www4.fao.org/cgi-bin/faobib.exe?vq_query=A%3DKRISHAN%20DEV%20DEWAN&database=faobib&search_type=view_query_search&table=mona&page_header=ephmon&lang=eng | title=FAO Online Catalogues | publisher=FAO | date=2015 | access-date=August 13, 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1986.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |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><br />
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* [[Food and Agriculture Organization]]<br />
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