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| '''''Vindicated by Time - The Niyogi Committee Report On Christian Missionary Activities''''' is a book edited by ] in ] |
'''''Vindicated by Time - The Niyogi Committee Report On Christian Missionary Activities''''' is a book edited by ] polemicist ] in ], dealing with report on ] activities in ] that caused some controversy. | ||
| == The Niyogi Committee Report == | == The Niyogi Committee Report == | ||
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The report of the Christian Missionary Activities Enquiry Committee of Madhya Pradesh was published in ] by the Government of ] and was known as the Niyogi Committee report because its Chairman was ''Dr. M. Bhawani Shankar Niyogi'', a retired Chief Justice of the ] High Court. | ||
| The Committee contacted 11,360 persons, interviewed people from 700 different villages and received 375 written statements and 385 replies from a questionnaire. | The Committee contacted 11,360 persons, interviewed people from 700 different villages and received 375 written statements and 385 replies from a questionnaire. | ||
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The Report stated that "there was a general complaint from the non-Christian side that the schools and hospitals were being used as means of securing converts." Goel also claims that the Report goes on to allege that ] priests visited newborn babies to give ‘ashish’ (blessings) in the name of Jesus, took sides in litigation or domestic quarrels, kidnapped minor children and abducted women, and used the recruitment of labour for plantations in ] or ] as a means of propagating the Christian faith among the ignorant and illiterate people. (Goel 1998, p.13 | ||
| ⚫ | The report writes that some] missions used money-lending as a device for proselytisation. They gave loans which were then written off if the debtor became a Christian. (Goel 1998, p.115) | ||
| ⚫ | The supposed Report, which Goel claims to quote from liberally, is not otherwise available. Goel's explanation for this circumstance repeats the allegations of one 'Baba' Madhavdas, who had claimed Christian ] "had bought" all available copies of the report and destroyed them. It is further claimed that the report was even removed from many libraries, or borrowed and not returned. (Goel 1998) | ||
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| == The recommendations of the report == | |||
| The committee gave the following recommendations | |||
| *(1) those missionaries whose primary object is proselytisation should be asked to withdraw and the large influx of foreign missionaries should be checked; | |||
| *(2) the use of medical and other professional services as a direct means of making conversions should be prohibited by law; | |||
| *(3) attempts to convert by force or fraud or material inducements, or by taking advantage of a person’s inexperience or confidence or spiritual weakness or thoughtlessness, or by penetrating into the religious conscience of persons for the purpose of consciously altering their faith, should be absolutely prohibited; | |||
| *(4) the Constitution of India should be amended in order to rule out propagation by foreigners and conversions by force, fraud and other illicit means; | |||
| *(5) legislative measures should be enacted for controlling conversion by illegal means; | |||
| *(6) rules relating to registration of doctors, nurses and other personnel employed in hospitals should be suitably amended to provide a condition against evangelistic activities during professional service; and | |||
| *(7) circulation of literature meant for religious propaganda without approval of the State Government should be prohibited. (Goel 1998, 163-164) | |||
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Vindicated by Time - The Niyogi Committee Report On Christian Missionary Activities is a book edited by Hindu polemicist Sita Ram Goel in 1998, dealing with report on missionary activities in India that caused some controversy.
The Niyogi Committee Report
The report of the Christian Missionary Activities Enquiry Committee of Madhya Pradesh was published in 1956 by the Government of Madhya Pradesh and was known as the Niyogi Committee report because its Chairman was Dr. M. Bhawani Shankar Niyogi, a retired Chief Justice of the Nagpur High Court.
The Committee contacted 11,360 persons, interviewed people from 700 different villages and received 375 written statements and 385 replies from a questionnaire.
The Report stated that "there was a general complaint from the non-Christian side that the schools and hospitals were being used as means of securing converts." Goel also claims that the Report goes on to allege that Roman Catholic priests visited newborn babies to give ‘ashish’ (blessings) in the name of Jesus, took sides in litigation or domestic quarrels, kidnapped minor children and abducted women, and used the recruitment of labour for plantations in Assam or Andaman as a means of propagating the Christian faith among the ignorant and illiterate people. (Goel 1998, p.13 The report writes that someRoman Catholic missions used money-lending as a device for proselytisation. They gave loans which were then written off if the debtor became a Christian. (Goel 1998, p.115)
The supposed Report, which Goel claims to quote from liberally, is not otherwise available. Goel's explanation for this circumstance repeats the allegations of one 'Baba' Madhavdas, who had claimed Christian missionaries "had bought" all available copies of the report and destroyed them. It is further claimed that the report was even removed from many libraries, or borrowed and not returned. (Goel 1998)
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