Editing Ananda Marga (section)

==Confrontations==

During the 1960s, the organisation expanded rapidly in India, sending [[Acharya]]s  as missionaries to other continents. Ánanda Márga's popularity in India put it in direct confrontation with the [[CPI(M)|Communist Party]] in [[West Bengal]]. In 1967, Ánanda Márga headquarters came under attack by locals who were allegedly incited by Communist leaders.{{sfn|Crovetto|2011|p=254}} Criticism of corruption in the Indian government by acharyas of Ánanda Márga also put it in confrontation with Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].{{sfn|Jones|Ryan|2007b|pp=34–35}}

=== Sarkar's incarceration ===
In 1971, [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar|Sarkar]] was imprisoned in India for the alleged murder of five former Ánanda Márga members, on what were later proved false charges.{{sfn|Jones|Ryan|2007b|pp=34–35}} The Ánanda Márga organisation was banned and a number its leaders arrested.{{sfn|Jones|Ryan|2007b|pp=34–35}} In February 1973, Sarkar was poisoned in prison, allegedly by the jail doctor on orders from the higher echelons of government. On 1 April, after recovering his health, Sarkar began fasting in support of a demand for an investigation into his poisoning. That demand was never met. So he continued his fast for the next five years, four months, and two days, until 2 August 1978 when he was released from jail after having been proved innocent of all charges.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 26, 2015|orig-date=August 15, 1978|title=My interpretation of violence can co-exist with Ahimsa: Anandmurti|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/interview/story/19780815-my-interpretation-of-violence-can-co-exist-with-ahimsa-anandmurti-818549-2015-02-03|access-date=2020-12-14|website=India Today|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309124753/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/interview/story/19780815-my-interpretation-of-violence-can-co-exist-with-ahimsa-anandmurti-818549-2015-02-03|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Bijon Setu massacre ===
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The [[Bijon Setu massacre]] ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: বিজন সেতু হত্যাকাণ্ড) was the killing and burning of 16 [[Sadhu|''sadhus'']] and a ''sadhvi'' of Ánanda Márga, at [[Bijon Setu]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]], on 30 April 1982. Although the attacks were carried out in broad daylight, no arrests were ever made. After repeated calls for a formal judicial investigation, a single-member judicial commission was set up in 2012 to investigate the killings.