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thus converted to Christianity were made holy so as to be readmitted to the original Vedic Dharma after getting them to bathe in the mud-less and pure waters of a lake on the holy day of Janmashtami. The Portuguese people slaughtered cows in great numbers and thus filling the river with blood, killed the priests who sanctified the converts. Under the rein of terror and fear, seven lakh people in the whole wide area from Vasai to Goa were converted to Christianity.
A priest named Ravert D. Noveli who came to India from Italy introduced himself as a Brahmin Sannyasi from Rome, and composed "Yeshuveda". He called it as a fifth Veda and in a book titled 'Ishopanishad' praised Jesus Christ therein. On the banks of the Narmada, this priest used to distribute 'Prasad' (remainder of the offerings) of rice. He converted many people into rice-Christians.
In the days of the English people's rule, this sort of activity continued. In 1954, the Madhya Pradesh Government appointed Niyogi Tribunal to investigate into the activities of conversion' after Independence. In spite of the report of this committee being a startling one, it was neglected completely for some mysterious
reasons.
It is a fact that the Christian preachers and propagandists have been doing the work of spreading their religion under the pretext of doing relief work, during natural or man-created calamities since centuries, and its goal is religious conversion.
Recently, when the Christian relief workers were arrested in Afghanistan, it was disclosed that the Protestant Christian missionaries, introducing themselves as non-sectarians, make the Christian religion's propagandists sneak into the countries following Muslim, Hindu and Bauddha Dharmas. Such an account has been published by the 'Washington Post" recently. It is not
