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Lord Loomba

Founder of The Loomba Foundation

Lord Loomba is founder of The Loomba Foundation which works to promote the welfare and economic empowerment of widows and their children across the world.

The flagship of the charity’s awareness campaign is International Widows Day, which takes place annually on 23 June, the anniversary of his mother’s widowhood. Following a sustained campaign, on 21 December 2010 the United Nations General Assembly formally recognised, by unanimous acclaim, 23 June as International Widows Day.

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