Association of the Dead
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The Uttar Pradesh Association of Dead People (Uttar Pradesh Mritak Sangh) is a northern India
n pressure group that seeks to reclaim the legal rights of those falsely listed by the government as being dead.
In the overcrowded regions of Uttar Pradesh
, many have resorted to bribing officials to have the owner of a plot declared deceased and the land transferred to their ownership. The process to undo this is long, arduous, as well as often hopelessly inefficient and corrupt — not to mention that those least able to fight back make excellent victims. The Association seeks to reverse the declarations, call attention to the problem and prevent others from being exploited in similar fashion.
The founder and president is Lal Bihari
, who was "dead" from 1976 to 1994 and used the word Mritak (Dead) in his name during the period.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n pressure group that seeks to reclaim the legal rights of those falsely listed by the government as being dead.
In the overcrowded regions of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, many have resorted to bribing officials to have the owner of a plot declared deceased and the land transferred to their ownership. The process to undo this is long, arduous, as well as often hopelessly inefficient and corrupt — not to mention that those least able to fight back make excellent victims. The Association seeks to reverse the declarations, call attention to the problem and prevent others from being exploited in similar fashion.
The founder and president is Lal Bihari
Lal Bihari
Lal Bihari is a farmer from Uttar Pradesh, India who was officially dead between 1976 and 1994. He founded Mritak Sangh or the Association of the Dead in Uttar Pradesh, India...
, who was "dead" from 1976 to 1994 and used the word Mritak (Dead) in his name during the period.
External links
- "‘Dead’ to Come Alive Against Vajpayee." The TribuneThe TribuneThe Tribune is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Chandigarh, New Delhi, Jalandhar, Dehradun and Bathinda. It was founded on 2 February 1881, in Lahore , by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as...
Printed 23 July 2003. Accessed 15 Feb. 2008 http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/images/nation.htm#9. - Fathers, Michael. "Plight of the Living Dead." Time Magazine, VOL. 154 NO. 2 Printed 19 July 1999. Accessed 15 Feb. 2008 http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990719/souls1.html.
- Lal Bihari was awarded the 2003 IgNobel Peace Prize for his efforts http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html.
- "Back to Life in India, Without Reincarnation." October 24, 2000. Azamgarh Journal, New York times International http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/24/world/24INDI.html?ex=1229749200&en=f9bc65329ee4f389&ei=5070