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Historic Milestones in India

Historic Milestones in India
  1. JANUARY 27, 2014—Karnataka State Human Rights Commission confirms that police violated Witnesses’ rights and recommends monetary compensation

  2. MARCH 2002—Witnesses move their office to Bangalore to accommodate expansion

  3. 2002—Mob violence against Jehovah’s Witnesses increases

  4. AUGUST 11, 1986—Supreme Court of India issues landmark decision in Bijoe Emmanuel v. State of Kerala, upholding right to free speech in Witness case

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  5. MARCH 7, 1978—Witnesses register a legal entity, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of India

  6. JANUARY 26, 1950—India adopts a new constitution as an independent country

  7. DECEMBER 9, 1944—Government lifts ban on publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses

  8. JUNE 14, 1941—Government bans publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses

  9. 1926—Witnesses establish an office in Bombay

  10. 1905—First group of Jehovah’s Witnesses organizes for worship