Famous Petitions

www.petitionspot.com contains a collection of petitions for various socio-economic causes. Writing a petition needs lots of social awareness. Any individual who cannot rest when something illegal or inhuman happens before him is said to have a social responsibility. Such are the individuals who will write up a petition to the concerned official to take immediate action on the bizarre things, which is happening in his locale. The petition might at times be against a government official itself for not properly responding to the woes of the public. Many people don’t file petitions against government officials due to the fear factor. But many times great changes have taken place because of the move of certain socially responsible individuals who are ready to fight against anyone for the sake of justice. A writ or habeas corpus or a mandamus is termed as a petition. In the 18th and 19th centuries, many petitions were written to the British House of Commons. The most famous of those is the Great/People’s charter, which is otherwise called as the petition of the Chartists. Some of these most famous petitions have contributed to great changes in the society. In Australia, Aboriginal people wrote a very famous petition on a tree bark in Yirrkala in the year 1963 to stop the removal of the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Reserve. The United States saw a wide range of petitions in the year 1770 to 1860 in order to abolish slavery. In the earlier times in New Zealand women were not allowed to vote. But that situation was changed by a famous petition in the year 1893, demanding voting rights to women in the country. Every country is striking a nuclear deal now. In 1963, there was a world level petition asking the countries to make the world a nuclear free world. Recently a petition was filed asking the famous players to stop promoting Pappas Furs as the product was found to be harmful. Another petition was signed to illustrate the consequences of letting out dihydrogen monoxide from certain industries. Even they requested a ban on usage of dihydrogen monoxide by general public. This petition stirred up surveys and reports all over the world. Many controversial petitions such as those of Paris Hilton etc were also made famous because of the popularity it gained. A petition was even drawn to release Nelson Mandela from his prison when the apartheid government in South Africa imprisoned him. The petition filed by Hon M D Rann, the leader of opposition in South Australia in the year 1999-2000 is the single largest petition of that country. It was signed by more than 102501 citizens for increasing the prison sentences for people convicted with robbery of residential property by means of violence. Just before few months a national petition was raised to the Tata’s company to stop the building to a sea port in Orissa, as it will destroy the rare Olive Riddley turtles in that area. This petition was signed by around 70000 people and was directly relayed to Tata himself. Later knowing the impact of his project, Tata obliged to the petition and dropped his project. So some famous petitions have changed the way people look at this world. This site offers all the help it can regard such petitions which are bound to create an impact in the society and the world.