The Ananda Marga – the Path of Bliss – was founded in 1955 by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar as a socio-spiritual organization. In 1959, Sarkar added the political wing, known as Proutist Universal, where PROUT stands forProgressive Utilization Theory. The Ananda Margis see themselves as being persecuted by the state in their homeland India. Unlike many other political Hindu organizations, the Ananda Margis do not direct their ire against Muslim and Islam, but against the state and its regulatory arms, particularly the police and the judiciary. In September 1977, a group identifying itself with the Universal Proutist Revolutionary Federation, the "military wing" of Ananda Marga, wrote to the manager of Air India in Melbourne calling for Sarkar's release and threatening: "Assassinations will be simple, quick and will come soon ... the decision is in your hands as to how much bloodshed there will be: two deaths or 200." Ananda Marga is a cult which worships a now-deceased…
Universal Proutist Revolutionary Federation (UPRF)
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