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A Voice for the Rights, Culture and Dignity of Hindus

“Born not from hatred against anyone, but from the pain of watching our own home fall apart — a Hindu who stands firm for self-respect while holding a lamp, not a torch.”

Operating under the Hindu Welfare Society (Hindu Kalyan Sanstha, HWS) in the Delhi National Capital Region since 2010, the Hindu Struggle Committee (Hindu Sangharsh Samiti, HSC) unites Hindu organisations through peaceful demonstration, constitutional legal action, campus dialogue, unconditional service (seva), and global human rights advocacy.

Delhi NCR · Since 2010

Core Philosophy & Touchstones

Rooted in Rig Vedic pluralism (Ekam Sad Vipra Bahudha Vadanti — Rig Veda 1.164.46), universal kinship (Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam — Maha Upanishad 6.71), and the duty of lawful self-protection (Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah).

44,000+

TN Temples Under State Control

64,951

Registered Kashmiri Pandit Migrant Families

7.95%

Hindus in Bangladesh (Down from 22% in 1951)

50+ Goal

Shri Shankar Sanskar Kendras in Delhi Slums

Bangladesh Crisis 1951–2025 Record

22.05% (1951) to 7.95% (2022 Census)

About 1.2 million Hindu households lost land under the Enemy/Vested Property regime (1965–2006). UN OHCHR confirmed attacks across 27 districts in August 2024.

Pakistan & Sindh UN Experts 2023

Abduction & Forced Marriage of Minority Girls

Hindus represent ~2.2% of Pakistan’s population, mostly in Sindh. UN experts documented girls as young as 13 abducted, forcibly converted, and married under coercion.

Afghanistan & Sri Lanka EUAA & HRW 2024

From ~700,000 (1970s) to <100 Remaining

Afghanistan’s ancient Hindu and Sikh community was reduced to fewer than 100 people by 2022, alongside worship restrictions at Tamil Hindu sites in Sri Lanka.

Equal Citizenship in India Constitutional Case

Temple Autonomy, Education & Samarasta

Advocating transparent autonomous Hindu temple trusts, Article 30 parity in education, rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits, and complete eradication of caste discrimination.

Who We Are · Movement Within an Umbrella

Turning Scattered Fingers into a Protective Fist — “Not to Strike Anyone, But to Protect and Beautify Our Own Home”

The Hindu Struggle Committee (Hindu Sangharsh Samiti, HSC) operates under the Hindu Welfare Society (Hindu Kalyan Sanstha, HWS), headquartered in the Delhi National Capital Region since 2010. While every math, akhara, and institution does noble work at its own level, they often appear like scattered fingers when a crisis strikes. HSC brings them onto one platform through two coordinated tracks:

Track 1 · Immediate Unity

Common Minimum Programme

Shared causes on which all Hindu organisations stand together without disagreement: service to the cow, protection of temples, revival of Sanskrit, safety of South Asian Hindu minorities, and opposition to forced or fraudulent conversion.

Track 2 · Civilisational Reform

Common Maximum Programme

Long-term transformative goals: complete eradication of birth-based caste discrimination (Samarasta), an education system rooted in Indian knowledge traditions, and transparent, audited autonomy for Hindu temples.

Why We Speak 3 Simultaneous Fronts

Addressing Historical, Present-Day & Internal Wounds Together

1. Historical Memory (Without Revenge)

Remembering Nalanda, Somnath, Kashi Vishwanath, Guru Tegh Bahadur’s martyrdom (1675), the 1946–47 Partition, the 1971 Bangladesh genocide, and the 1990 Kashmiri Pandit exodus — not for revenge, but to prevent repetition.

2. Present-Day Equal Citizenship

Correcting state takeover of Hindu temples, unequal educational autonomy under Article 30, coerced conversions, and persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

3. Internal Reform & Samarasta

Healing caste division and cultural self-reproach from within: “A society that fights only external challenges while remaining hollow inside will one day collapse under its own weight.”

What We Do · Our Activities

Peaceful Advocacy, Constitutional Law, Unconditional Seva & Cultural Renewal

Modelled on international civil society best practices and anchored in our 8-point ethical code (Our Maryada).

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South Asian Minority Rights & UN Advocacy

Documenting human rights violations against Hindus in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka; submitting verified dossiers to UN Special Rapporteurs, Treaty Bodies, and Universal Periodic Reviews (ICCPR Arts. 18 & 27, CEDAW Art. 16).

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Temple Autonomy & Equal Citizenship

Campaigning to replace state HR&CE bureaucracy over 44,000+ temples with transparent, audited Hindu trusts representing devotees of every caste, alongside equal educational rights under Article 30.

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Women’s Dignity, Safety & Autonomy

“Against crime, not against love.” Providing free legal aid, counselling, and safe shelter for survivors of fraudulent marriage, blackmail, or coercion while explicitly respecting adult women’s constitutional freedom of choice.

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Shri Shankar Sanskar Kendras & Sanskrit

Running 6 free slum education centres in Delhi (with 16 queued to open and a target of 50) teaching literacy, arithmetic, yoga, and Sanskrit conversation to children of every caste without conditions.

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Samarasta: Eradicating Caste Discrimination

Training youth of all castes as temple priests, hosting shared community meals, honouring inter-caste marriages, providing legal aid against untouchability, and engaging in open dialogue with Ambedkarite thinkers.

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Democratic Mobilisation & Legal Action

From the nationwide campaign against the 2011 draft Communal Violence Bill and honouring Ashok Chakra martyr Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma to university seminars at DU and JNU.

Campaign Gallery & Mobilisation

From University Campuses to Jantar Mantar

Visual campaign releases, student movements, and public awareness graphics from the Hindu Struggle Committee.

Campus & Youth Campaign Graphic

University Consciousness & Student Advocacy Poster

HSC regards universities as “the first laboratories of national consciousness,” engaging students at Delhi University and JNU through debates, leaflets, and peaceful demonstrations.

Public Expression Graphic

“Mood of the Nation” Cultural & Public Campaign

Using symbolic cultural imagery and public satire within constitutional bounds to rally public awareness around national security, cultural pride, and campus politics.

Shri Shankar Sanskar Kendra Community School

Grassroots Seva

Shri Shankar Sanskar Kendras (Delhi NCR)

Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye (Vishnu Purana 1.19.41)

6 Slum Centres Operating · 16 Queued · Goal of 50

“Didi, did Lord Ram also live in a forest like us?” — Educating children in Delhi’s slum settlements in literacy, arithmetic, Sanskrit, and values across every caste.

About the Movement · Identity, Philosophy & History

Identity, Philosophical Pluralism & Historical Memory

How a classroom moment of cultural self-reproach inspired a movement under the Hindu Welfare Society (HWS) to unite Hindu organisations with “a lamp, not a torch.”

1. Why the Committee Speaks

The Founding Diagnosis: Healing an Internal & External Crisis

The Hindu Struggle Committee recalls a classroom in which a teacher laughed that “your gods and goddesses are just stories,” and more than half the Hindu children in the room laughed along. From that moment, the founding document observes, it became clear that the deepest crisis was internal: a generation taught to laugh at its own roots.

“The Hindu Struggle Committee was born not from hatred against anyone, but from the pain of watching our own home fall apart... Every math, akhara and institution does good work at its own level, but when a crisis strikes Hindu society, they appear like scattered fingers, not a fist. Our purpose is to turn those fingers into a fist — not to strike anyone, but to protect and beautify our own home.”

Umbrella Body: Hindu Welfare Society (Hindu Kalyan Sanstha, HWS), active from Delhi NCR headquarters since 2010.

Worker Support: Legal, financial, and intellectual backing for grassroots workers (“because a worker who is left alone soon tires”) and a shared platform for acharyas of diverse traditions.

2. Philosophical Foundations

Plurality, Universal Kinship & Lawful Dharma-Yuddha

Ekam Sad Vipra Bahudha Vadanti (Rig Veda 1.164.46)

“Truth is one; the wise call it by many names.” Advaita, the devotional paths of Ramanuja and Madhva, the nirguna poetry of Kabir and Ravidas, and the teachings of Guru Nanak meet like the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati at Prayag.

Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah & Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (Maha Upanishad 6.71)

Inspired by the grandmother offering water to the courtyard tulsi while praying for the neighbour’s child, the street dog, the sparrow, and the old man praying in the village mosque.

Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah & Who is a Hindu?

Pairing generosity with lawful self-protection. Respecting the distinct identities of Vedic, Shaiva, Vaishnava, Shakta, Buddhist, Jain, Sikh, and Adivasi nature-worship traditions (noting Explanation II to Article 25 of the Constitution) “as an invitation to a shared home, never an imposition.”

Section 3 · Historical Memory

Wounds Remembered & Lamps of Resistance That Stayed Lit

“Remembering history is necessary not for revenge, but to prevent its repetition.”

End of 12th Century & 1026 CE

Nalanda University & Somnath Temple

Destruction of the monastic university of Nalanda and the plunder of Somnath in 1026, followed by repeated rebuilding until its 1951 reconstruction in independent India.

1669, 1675 & 1679 CE

Kashi Vishwanath & Guru Tegh Bahadur

Demolition of Kashi Vishwanath (1669), reimposition of jizya (1679), and the martyrdom in Delhi of Guru Tegh Bahadur (1675, Hind di Chadar) defending Kashmiri Pandits.

Aug–Oct 1946 & 1947

Direct Action Day, Noakhali & Partition

Violence in Calcutta and Noakhali (1946) and the uprooting of millions of Hindus and Sikhs from West Punjab, Sindh, and East Bengal in 1947.

1971 Liberation War

Targeting of Bangladeshi Hindus

Systematic targeting of Hindus by Pakistani forces in 1971, recorded in the historic dissent telegram from US Consul General Archer Blood in Dhaka.

19 January 1990 — “The Deepest Wound in Free India”

Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits (64,951 Registered Migrant Families)

In the land where Shaiva philosopher Abhinavagupta composed the Tantraloka, Kashmiri Pandits were forced into exile in their own country under their own Constitution. Official parliamentary replies record 64,951 registered migrant families, mostly in Jammu and Delhi.

We Stand For · Equal Citizenship, Women’s Agency & Caste Reform

Equal Rights for Every Citizen, Privilege for None

Explore our constitutional positions on equal citizenship, women’s dignity and autonomy, and the complete removal of caste discrimination (Samarasta).

Overlooked in Their Own Nation: The Five Constitutional Issues

The Committee does not argue that Hindus are a persecuted minority in India; rather, it demonstrates that specific laws and administrative practices place Hindus at a disadvantage relative to other communities, and that equal citizenship requires correcting them.

Issue 4.1 · Temple Administration

Freeing 44,000+ Temples from State Control

Under state HR&CE laws (such as Tamil Nadu’s 1959 Act administering over 44,000 temples), government departments control temple income while mosques and churches are managed by their own community boards. HSC demands transparent, audited, autonomous Hindu trusts with representation for devotees of every caste.

Issue 4.2 · Article 30 & Education

Equal Autonomy for Educational Institutions

In Pramati Educational and Cultural Trust v. Union of India (2014), the Supreme Court held that RTE obligations do not apply to minority schools protected under Article 30, while Hindu-run institutions enjoy no equivalent autonomy. “We do not demand that anyone’s rights be taken away. Equality means giving everyone the same, not giving one less.”

Issue 4.3 · Equal Protection of Victims

Opposing Laws That Differentiate Victims by Religion

HSC led a nationwide campaign against the 2011 draft Communal Violence Bill, which defined a protected “group” strictly as minorities, SCs, and STs: “A crime is identified by the act of the offender, not by his religion. The value of a mother’s tears whose son was killed in a riot cannot depend on whether she belongs to the majority or a minority.”

Issue 4.4 & 4.5 · Displacement & Conversion

Kashmiri Pandit Rehabilitation & Countering Induced Conversion

Standing with displaced Kashmiri Pandits (remembering victims of targeted killings such as Rahul Bhat and Rajni Bala in May 2022) and citing the 1956 Niyogi Committee report and Rev. Stainislaus v. State of Madhya Pradesh (1977) against induced conversion, while answering conversion pressure through unconditional grassroots service.

Section 7 · Women’s Dignity, Safety & Agency Tradition of Gargi, Maitreyi & Lopamudra

“Against Crime, Not Against Love — Our Work is to Empower Women, Not Control Them”

In a civilisation shaped by Gargi, Maitreyi, and Lopamudra, a woman is not “an object to be protected” but herself “a protector and a guide.” The Committee places women and youth in the front line of its leadership and follows an explicit, evidence-based framework:

1. Fighting Fraud & Coercion Without Collective Blame

Marrying a woman or changing her religion through concealed identity, blackmail, or coercion is a grave crime regardless of the offender’s religion. At the same time, HSC notes the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Feb 2020 statement in Parliament and the Supreme Court’s 2018 Shafin Jahan (Hadiya) ruling affirming an adult woman’s right to choose her partner. “A false accusation weakens the fight of the daughters who have truly been deceived.”

2. Free Legal Aid, Counselling & Safe Shelter

“Do not put your daughters under guard; talk to them. A daughter who can tell her parents everything without fear cannot be deceived by anyone.” HSC commits free legal aid, confidential counselling, and safe shelter so that no survivor ever feels the way back is closed.

3. Uniform Civil Code & Complete Autonomy

Supporting gender-equal personal laws for women of every religion (noting the 1955–56 Hindu Code Bills and Uttarakhand’s 2024 Uniform Civil Code), while binding every HSC member never to police women’s education, dress, or adult choice of partner.

Global Report Sections 6, 12 & 17 · South Asia & Diaspora Human Rights Monitor

Hindus Beyond India’s Borders & International Law Framework

Independent census records, UN human rights findings, and international treaty obligations across Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and the global diaspora.

Country-by-Country Evidence Dossier

Verified Census Trajectory

Bangladesh Hindu Population Share (1951–2022 Census)

Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics / The Business Standard (2022)

Key Finding: Economist Abul Barkat’s study estimated that approximately 1.2 million Hindu households lost 26 lakh acres of land under the Enemy (later Vested) Property regime between 1965 and 2006.

South Asia Minority Record & International Treaty Matrix

Grounded in UN OHCHR, UN Independent Experts, EUAA, Human Rights Watch, and official census data.

Country / Region	Hindus Today (Official / Estimated)	Documented Human Rights Record	Applicable International Law
Bangladesh	7.95% in 2022 Census (down from 22.05% in 1951 & 13.5% in 1974)	Attacks on Durga Puja pandals (Oct 2021); attacks on Hindu homes, businesses & temples across 27 districts on 5–6 Aug 2024 confirmed by UN OHCHR & Feb 2025 Fact-Finding Report; Dec 2025 killing of Dipu Chandra Das in Mymensingh.	ICCPR Arts. 18 & 27; ICESCR; 1992 UN Minorities Declaration
Pakistan	~2.2% (Hindu & Scheduled Caste combined), mostly in Sindh	Abduction, forced conversion & forced marriage of minority girls as young as 13 documented by UN experts (Jan 2023); Oct 2021 parliamentary rejection of anti-forced conversion bill (Aaj News).	CEDAW Art. 16; Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC); ICCPR Arts. 18 & 27
Afghanistan	Fewer than 100 Hindus & Sikhs combined (2022 estimate, down from ~700,000 in 1970s)	Community nearly erased by war, land seizures & ISKP assaults on Kabul gurdwaras in 2020 and 2022 (EUAA, 2024).	ICCPR Arts. 18 & 27; ICESCR Cultural Heritage protections
Sri Lanka & Global Diaspora	12.6% of Sri Lanka’s population (2024) + global diaspora	Obstruction of worship & arrests during Shivaratri at Kurunthurmalai and Vedukkunarimalai (Human Rights Watch, 2024); temple vandalism in Canada, US, UK & Australia.	ICCPR Arts. 18 & 27; ICESCR Art. 15

Section 17 · Evidence Before Claims

Verified References, Primary Sources & Legal Citations

Sections 5 & 14 · Campaigns, Milestones & 25-Year Dream

Raising the Voice: Campaigns & 25-Year Roadmap

“The history of a movement is written not by its big speeches but by its small steps — by afternoons at Jantar Mantar and evenings writing leaflets in university hostels.”

Documented Campaign Milestones (2009–2026)

Filter by campaign theme to inspect the Committee’s street, campus, and parliamentary actions.

Section 14.1 · Krinvanto Vishvam Aryam (Rig Veda 9.63.5)

The Committee’s 25-Year Dream & 9-Front Programme

“Our final goal is not to defeat anyone, but to make the Hindu so strong and generous that the world itself wants to learn from him.”

1. Education & Values

Sanskar Kendras in Every Settlement

Free classes in stories, devotional music, yoga, Sanskrit, and mother tongues; accessible children’s books on Indian science and mathematics.

2. Social Harmony (Samarasta)

Priesthood & Kinship Across Castes

Priest training for youth of all castes, shared community meals, social honour for inter-caste marriages, and legal help against untouchability.

3. Unconditional Service (Seva)

Clinics, Scholarships & Skills

Mobile clinics, scholarships, and vocational training in forest and slum areas without any religious pressure or conditions.

4. Living Temples

Community Libraries & Kitchens

Restoring temples as community centres with libraries, kitchens, and counselling alongside a legal campaign for transparent, autonomous management.

5. Free Legal Cells

Grassroots Constitutional Protection

Dedicated legal cells for survivors of forced conversion, fraudulent marriage, temple-property encroachment, and caste atrocities.

6. Intellectual & Textual Revival

Journals, Seminars & Translations

Research journals, university seminars, and faithful translations of original texts so every household understands its own prayers.

7. Media, Arts & Economic Self-Reliance

Young Creators & Artisan Cooperatives

Podcasts, short films, and illustrated stories alongside rural enterprises and cooperative markets for traditional artisans.

8. International UN Advocacy

Verified Case Register & UPR Submissions

Authentic documentation of violations against Hindu minorities in South Asia and direct submissions to UN Special Rapporteurs.

9. Next-Generation Leadership

Women & Youth at the Front Line

Placing women and young scholars at the forefront of organisational governance, legal aid, and international representation.

Sections 8 & 10 · Culture, Heritage, Language & Humanitarian Seva

Shri Shankar Sanskar Kendras, Sanskrit Revival & Seva

“Sa vidya ya vimuktaye — Knowledge is that which liberates” (Vishnu Purana 1.19.41). Unconditional service and cultural roots for every child.

Flagship Grassroots Initiative

Shri Shankar Sanskar Kendras: Because Sanskar is Every Child’s Right

Launched by the Hindu Welfare Society in Delhi’s slum settlements, the Shri Shankar Sanskar Kendras provide free basic education in literacy and arithmetic alongside moral values, weekly havan, devotional singing, and storytelling.

“The eyes of the children shone the first time they recited the Gayatri Mantra, as if they had found a lost treasure. One little girl asked, ‘Didi, did Lord Ram also live in a forest like us?’ In that one question, we found the meaning of all our work.”

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Centres Operating in Delhi

16

Centres Ready to Open

50+

City-Wide Target across Delhi

Section 8.2 · Language Revival

Sanskrit & All Branches of Indian Knowledge

Honouring Sanskrit — the language of the Rig Veda, Panini, Aryabhata, Charaka, Sushruta, and Kalidasa — equally alongside Tamil’s Tirukkural and Sangam literature, Prakrit Jain Agamas, and the Pali Buddhist Tipitaka. Celebrating living Sanskrit in Mattur (Karnataka), Mysuru’s daily Sudharma (since 1970), the Central Sanskrit Universities Act 2020, and NEP 2020.

Section 8.3 & 8.4 · Sacred Ecology

Tribal Traditions & Mata Bhumih

Protecting central Indian and north-eastern sacred nature-worship traditions — including Jharkhand’s Sarna faith, Arunachal’s Donyi-Polo, and local folk deities — and advancing the Atharva Veda’s ecological ethic: “Mata bhumih putro aham prithivyah” (The earth is my mother and I am her son — 12.1.12).

Section 10 · Unconditional Seva

Disaster Relief Without Conditions

Providing humanitarian food, medical supplies, and emergency relief during the COVID-19 pandemic and severe cyclones. Every act of seva is strictly unconditional: “No service will ever be tied to any condition or religious pressure, because what we oppose in others, we will not do ourselves.”

Section 13 · Our Maryada: The Ethics of the Struggle

“A Struggle That Loses Its Limits is Not Dharma, But Frenzy”

Every member and worker of the Hindu Struggle Committee is bound by eight non-negotiable ethical rules.

Rule 01

Opposition to Ideas, Not Communities

“Our opposition is to ideas, policies and crimes, not to any community. The Muslims and Christians of India are citizens of this country; their ancestors too were of this soil, and their civil rights are as sacred as ours.”

Rule 02

No Language of Hatred

Language about “eliminating” any community or holding it collectively guilty is strictly forbidden: “The day we start speaking the language of hatred, we will become the very thing we stood against.”

Rule 03

Law & Constitution as Our Boundary

All movements of the Committee are peaceful, non-violent, and lawful. No member will take the law into their own hands, “and a mob will never be allowed to become a judge.”

Rule 04

Facts Before Claims

Every claim must be backed by verified facts and primary evidence, “because one lie takes away the credibility of a hundred true complaints.” Spreading rumours is an offence against the Committee.

Rule 05

No Place for Caste Pride

Anyone who regards a fellow Hindu as inferior by birth has no place in the Hindu Struggle Committee, “because he is the greatest enemy of our cause.”

Rule 06

Respect for Women’s Choices

Controlling women’s education, dress, or adult choice of life partner in the name of “protection” is not the Committee’s work. Our work is to empower women so no one can deceive them.

Rule 07

Service Without Conditions

No humanitarian relief, clinic, scholarship, or school run by the Committee will ever be linked to any condition or religious pressure.

Rule 08

Open Doors to Dialogue

Debate with critics, conversation with leaders of other faiths, “and the courage to admit our mistakes is our strength, not our weakness.”

Get Involved · Membership, Volunteering & Documentation Unit

Join the Hindu Struggle Committee or Submit a Verified Report

Stand with the Hindu Welfare Society (Delhi NCR) as a volunteer, legal-aid contributor, Sanskar Kendra teacher, or human rights documenter.

Volunteer & Membership Registration

Become a Member & Generate Your Digital Pledge Card

All members pledge adherence to the 8-Point Ethical Code (Our Maryada).

Full Name *

City / Country *

Email Address *

Primary Area of Contribution *

I affirm the 8-Point Maryada Code of the Hindu Struggle Committee: peaceful and lawful methods, facts before claims, zero caste discrimination, equal rights for all citizens, and respect for women’s autonomy.

Recommendation 14.2 · Documentation Unit

Submit Verified Case / Legal Aid Request

Our Documentation Unit maintains an evidence-first case register for human rights violations, temple-property encroachments, caste discrimination incidents, or women’s legal-aid requests.

Organisational Profile (Section 17)

Name: Hindu Struggle Committee (Hindu Sangharsh Samiti, HSC)

Umbrella Body: Hindu Welfare Society (Hindu Kalyan Sanstha, HWS)

Headquarters: Delhi National Capital Region (HWS active since 2010)

Methods: Public awareness, peaceful demonstration, legal action, service (seva), and dialogue