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Azad Nagar is the settlement that Veeru Kohli built with help from a local NGO Green Rural
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province, and was married at the age of 16 into a family bonded to their landlord. She died a widow and left 11 children. Her name is sometimes written as Veero Kohli. She died on 31st Oct 2023
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activist. She was known for starting to campaign against slavery after twenty years of living in bondage herself.
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