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Word: terapanthi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Like men elsewhere, a thin little Indian with sparkling eyes is deeply worried about the state of the world. He is 34-year-old Acharya Sri Tulsi Ramji, head of the Terapanthi sect of the Jains, a religious group that believes in nonviolence. In a campaign to improve humanity, Tulsi Ramji in 1948 founded the Anuvrati Sangh (Atomic Vows Society). Its members take 148 vows, renewable yearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Atomic Vows | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

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