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Aamir Khan inaugurates Satyamev Jayate Bhawan

ANI | January 30 , 2013

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From all the donations collected from the TV Show Satyamev Jayate, NGO Snehalaya has managed to build a shelter in Ahmednagar. Last year, Aamir Khan had requested the viewers of Satyamev Jayate to send in donations in the name of Snehalaya foundation. By the end of the first season of this talk show on Star Plus, the NGO had managed to collect approximately Rs 1.13 crores. This money was used to build a shelter for helpless women, children and rape victims in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.

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Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan an actor, producer and director was born on March 14, 1965. He started his career as a child actor at the age of eight in his uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973).