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"Ghar Wapsi (Hindi, meaning "Back to Home") is a series of conversion activities, facilitated by Indian Hindu organisations Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Hindu Makkal Katchi, to facilitate conversion of Christians and Muslims to Hinduism and Sikhism. It became a subject of public discussion in 2014.VHP to hold 'ghar wapsi' for 4,000 Muslims in Ayodhya in January, Times of India, 24 December 2014 The Bharatiya Janata Party's Yogi Adityanath has claimed this campaign would continue unless conversions to other religions are banned altogether in the country. The Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh organised several Ghar Wapsi events in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Goa. The Indian Express reported that Scheduled Caste Manjhi families demanded better facilities along with education and healthcare before they converted. In a Supreme Court judgment, the judges ruled that reconversion to Hinduism will not prevent a person from accessing quota benefits and adopt the caste of his forefathers. The bench further held that "the Scheduled Caste persons belonging to Hindu religion, who had embraced Christianity with some kind of hope or aspiration, have remained socially, educationally and economically backward." Etymology The word ghar is of Hindi origin which means "home". The word wapsi means "to return". This term indicates the belief held by the organisations facilitating such programmes that most of the Muslims and Christians in India have descended from Hindus, and hence are returning to their "home" through reconversion. Major instances Telangana and Andhra Pradesh More than 8,000 people in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh converted to Hinduism from July 2014 - December 2014 under the Ghar Wapsi programme. According to a VHP official, 1,200 people converted to Hinduism in a Ghar Wapsi event in Hyderabad. In October 2019, 500 Christian Dalits in Andhra Pradesh were convinced to become Hindu and promise to never go to church again. Jharkhand In April 2017, at least 53 tribal Christian families converted to Hinduism as part of the RSS's "Christianity-free" block campaign in Arki, Jharkhand. And at least seven other Christian families underwent a Shuddhikaran (purification ceremony) in Kochasindhri village. Punjab Between 2011 to 2014, about 8,000 Christians in Punjab were converted back to Sikhism. Most of the reconversion was done in the Hoshiarpur district, followed by Amritsar and Batala. West Bengal More than 100 tribal Christians were converted to Hinduism in the West Bengal's Birbhum district. Uttar Pradesh In May 2017, RSS performed conversion of at least 22 Muslims, including women and children, into Hinduism in a secretive ceremony at an Aryasamaj Temple in Ambedkar Nagar district of Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. Tripura In January 2019, 96 Tribal families that converted to Christianity 9 years prior, underwent Ghar Wapsi to reconvert back to Hinduism. The event took place in Kailashahar in Unakoti district in Tripura. The event was done by the Hindu Jagaran Mancham, an affiliate of the RSS, and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Kerala In 2015, about 35 people were reportedly converted to Hinduism at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Alappuzha. In 2015, 35 people converted to Hinduism in Kottayam district. They were Dalit families who had converted to Christianity a few generations back. Tamil Nadu In 2015, first ghar wapsi happened in Tamil Nadu where 18 Dalit Christians reconverted to Hinduism by a ceremony done by the Hindu Makkal Katchi. Gujarat In 2020, 144 tribal Hindus who converted to Christianity many years ago converted back to Hinduism in Dang district, Gujarat by the Agniveer organisation. Reception Many Hindus in India, especially those affiliated with Hindutva-oriented organisations such as the BJP and RSS, are supportive of Ghar Wapsi efforts to counter what they perceive as mass conversions to Islam and Christianity and to a lesser extent Buddhism (neo-Buddhism), among Dalit Hindus in India. Some secular groups and political parties are critical of Ghar Wapsi, especially when it is done with the state's support, as they say that it threatens freedom of religion in the country. See also * Shuddhi * Dayanand Saraswati * Swami Shraddhanand * Agra religious conversions 2014 * Love Jihad * Netaji Palkar * Bukka Raya I References Further reading External links * The politics of othering, Charu Gupta, Indian Express, 20 December 2014. * Ghar Vapsi: Civil society needs to challenge RSS's conversion agenda, Firstpost, 14 December 2014 * 'Reconversion' Paradoxes, Christopher Jaffrelot, Indian Express, 7 January 2015 * r/GharWapsi, Ghar Wapsi Subreddit Category:Religious conversion Category:Religious conversion in India Category:Vishva Hindu Parishad Category:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Category:Hindutva Category:Hinduism-related controversies "
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"Ram Krishna College is a constituent college of Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga. It was established in 1940. The college is Re- Accredited by NAAC by Grade-B. At present, the college imparts both Graduate and Post Graduate education to student across all the three facilities i.e. Arts, Science and Commerce. This college has separate blocks for Arts, Science and Commerce blocks, Administrative blocks. History Ram Krishna College was established by Baboo Ram Krishna Purbey in August 1940 as an undergraduate college in the city of Madhubani. The college started courses in Arts, Science and Commerce in 1941 after getting affiliation from Patna University. In 1975, Ram Krishna College became one of the constituent colleges of Lalit Narayan Mithila University. Post Graduate studies commenced in the college in 1983. Campus Ram Krishna College spans over 39 acres of land which has Wi-Fi connectivity. Facilities are available for both indoor and outdoor sports including lawn tennis court, volleyball court, basketball court, cricket ground, football ground, table tennis, carrom, chess and badminton. The campus also houses a shooting range, lecture theatre, AC conference room and college library.< Administration Ram Krishna College is a constituent colleges of Lalit Narayan Mithila University since 1975, before which it was affiliated to Patna University. Shambhu Kumar Yadav is the principal of the college since 1 December 2016. S.K. Singh is the vice-chancellor. Geography It is situated in Madhubani City, sapta, State Highway 52, Madhubani Bihar. References R.K.College Madhubani : http://www.rkcollege.ac.in/ Category:Universities and colleges in Bihar Category:Madhubani, India Category:Educational institutions established in 1940 Category:1940 establishments in India Category:Lalit Narayan Mithila University "