On the related pages to the right, documents and reports on the history of the persecution of Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar are found. The long history of this persecution stretches from the beginnings of the mother organisation Ananda Marga in the 1950s and has not yet ended. It culminated when Shrii Sarkar was arrested in Patna, India in December 1971 …
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The Chakraborty report – Part 2
Below is the second part of the Chakraborty Report.
Part 1 of the report is found here
The Chakraborty Report – Part 1
The Chakraborty report, on the poisoning of Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar by Patna jail authorities, was prepared by two senior advocates of Calcutta's High Court, Mr. Amar Prasad Chakraborty (chairman) and Mr. Bhakti Bhusan Mondal (member). Their report was prepared with proper legal proceedure but was not an officially government sanctioned commission. Below is the first part of the report. Part 2 …
What is the link between Prout and Ananda Marga?
In 1955, Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar founded Ananda Marga, a spiritual and social service organization which spread world-wide in the 1970's. Based on a blending of the spiritual practices of Tantra Yoga and social welfare ideals, Ananda Marga teaches meditation and various yoga practices, as well as running schools, homes and a wide range of social welfare projects.
In 1959, …
Ganguli Plea Rejected in Bijan Setu Massacre Case
Marxist politician Kanti Ganguli (left) with Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former Chief Minister of West Bengal
[June 27, 2016] – Honourable Justice Dipankar Dutta of Calcutta High Court rejected the plea of Mr. Kanti Ganguli, an accused in the Bijan Setu Massacre, to declare Justice Amitabha Lala Commission illegal. A battery of lawyers, led by Senior Lawyer Bikash Chandra Bhattacharjee argued in …
WB Communist Leaders to be Questioned Over Bijon Setu
Past and present West Bengal communist heads will be called in for questioning for their alleged role in the massacre of 16 monks and a nun of Ananda Marga in Kolkata in 1982.
Photo: The late communist chief Jytoi Basu, Chief Minister of West Bengal 1977-2000 (left) with former WB Communist Party leader Somnath Chatterjee, one of several former communist…
Ananda Marga Observe Bijon Setu Memorial Day In Spite of CPM Maneuver
Picture above: Wholetimer volunteer workers of Ananda Marga carrying urn pots, in memory of the massacre victims, on the streets of Kolkata.
(Kolkata, 30 April 2015) – Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (AMPS) took out a silent procession today from Deshapriya Park marching to Bijan Setu to pay homage to the 17 Dadhicis (martyrs) brutally killed in broad daylight on this day 33 …
Ananda Marga, Victim of Communist Conspiracy During 1969-77 — new book
By Dr. Susmit Kumar
From Dr. Susmit Kumar’s book Ananda Marga - Victim of Communist Conspiracy During 1969-77. To be had from Amamzon.com.
Ananda Marga is a worldwide socio-spiritual organization with centers and various social service operations in every region on all continents. At present it is active in more than 130 countries, running 1200 schools only in …
1978 India Today Interview with Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar
The following interview with Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar was published by the Indian fortnightly India Today (1-15 August, 1978), titled “The Mystery Man”. The interview came about just days before Sarkar's release from Bankipur Jail (Patna, Bihar) as a result of Sarkar's personal assistant bringing into the jail a set of questions from India Today's journalist to which Sarkar …
Ananda Marga Demands Justice and Humanity
A boy joining the procession of Ananda Margiis and supporters in Kolkata on April 30, 2014.
(Kolkata, 1 May, 2014) – A commemoration of the 1982 communist massacre of 17 Ananda Marga monks and a nun were held in Kolkata on Wednesday. In spite of government assurances and the establishment of two investigating committees, the truth about the heinous crime …