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Bindeshwar Pathak Death News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled Pathak's demise and recalled how he provided monumental support to the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak, who built community toilets in war against open defecation, died due to cardiac arrest on Tuesday. | Latest News India

New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) A pioneer of public toilets in India, Bindeshwar Pathak came to be known as the Toilet Man of India long before the Swachch Bharat Mission made toilets a part of public discourse, even as he was often ridiculed, including by his father-in-law, for the work he was doing. Pathak famously recalled once how his father-in-law felt that his daughter's life has been ruined as he cannot tell anyone what his son-in-law did for a living.

Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak, a pioneer in building public toilets, hoisted the national flag in the morning on the occasion of Independence Day and collapsed soon after that.

The aide said that Pathak hoisted the national flag in the morning on the occasion of Independence Day and collapsed soon after that

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The aide said that Pathak hoisted the national flag in the morning on the occasion of Independence Day and collapsed soon after that.

Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh, an organisation synonymous with public toilets and fighting open defecation in India, passed away at the age of 80 after a heart attack. Pathak, also known as the "Toilet Man of India", established Sulabh in 1970, combining technical innovation with humanitarian principles, and became a pioneer in creating sustainable sanitation initiatives.

Pathak founded Sulabh International in 1970 and became synonymous with public toilets and activism against open defecation in no time. He came to be known as "Toilet Man of India"

The cause of the death was cardiac arrest, t aide said