Ramswaroop Verma | |
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 Ramswaroop Verma | |
| former Minister of Finance in the Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
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| Born | 22 August 1923 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 19 August 1998 (aged 74) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Alma mater | University of Allahabad |
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Ramswaroop Verma (22 August 1923 – 19 August 1998) was an Indian humanist. He was the founder of Arjak Sangh, a humanist organisation.[1] The organisation emphasises social equality and is strongly opposed to Brahminism. Verma denied the existence of god and soul. He was strongly opposed to the doctrine of Karma and Fatalism. Verma campaigned tirelessly against Brahminism and Untouchability. According to him, Brahminism is rooted in the doctrine of rebirth and it is not possible to eradicate it without attacking the doctrine of rebirth. Verma strongly asserts that Brahminism cannot be reformed, and it has to be negated totally. Verma was not an atheist; he believed in a Supreme Being as described in the Hindu Upanishads. However, he opposed the notion of the divinity attributed to the so-called "upper caste" Brahmins. [2]
- ^ Arjak Sangh Siddhanta Vaktavya - Vidhan - Karyakram ( Principles, Statute and Programmes of Arjak Sangh), Patna: Arjak Sangh, ninth edition, 2001.
- ^ Ramendra and Kawaljeet, Rationalism, Humanism and Atheism in Twentieth Century Indian Thought (Patna: Buddhiwadi Foundation Archived 27 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, 2015), pp.255-56.