| 1. Anil Madhav Dave did not smoke. |
| 2. During his college days, Dave participated in the JP Movement and was elected college president. |
| 3. Dave was a cadet of the National Cadet Corps’ Air Wing. |
| 4. After completing his education, Dave joined RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) and worked for the conservation of the Narmada River. |
| 5. As the environment minister, Dave approved India’s first river-linking project, Ken-Betwa, which spans Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 6. Dave passed away on 18 May 2017 at the age of 60 due to lung cancer. |
| 7. Since January, when he was diagnosed with pneumonia, Dave had been in poor health. |
| 8. Dave passed away on 18 May 2017 due to cardiac arrest. |
| 9. He was a trained pilot and once flew a Cessna along the banks of the Narmada for 18 hours. |
| 10. He rafted 1,312 km on the Narmada river in 19 days. |
| 11. He founded the non-governmental organization Narmada Samagra, which held an annual river festival. |
| 12. He left explicit instructions for a simple cremation with Vedic rites on the banks of the Narmada at Bandrabhan in Madhya Pradesh, and asked for no memorials except perhaps the planting of saplings. |
| 13. He founded Jan Abhiyan Parishad, an umbrella organisation to interlink and empower self-help groups and non-governmental organisations. |
| 14. He was Vice President of the 10th World Hindi Conference in Bhopal organised by the External Affairs Ministry. |
| 15. He inherited the legacy of the RSS from his grandfather Dadasaheb Dave and joined as a volunteer when he was barely eight years old. |
