Maharashtra Rationalist Association

[2] The organisation is succeeded by Mumbai Rationalist Association, which in turn has paved the way for Sunday Sapiens The Maharashtra Rationalist Association was an offshoot of the broad social and religious reformation movement in Maharashtra which traces its origin to the nineteenth century in the thoughts and actions of Jyotiba Phule and Shahu Maharaj, Jawaharlal Nehru, Ramaswami Naicker, B.R.

The Atheist Centre launched by Mahatma Gandhi's follower Goparaju Ramachandra Rao "Gora" in Andhra Pradesh in 1940, and the Indian Rationalist Association (IRA) set up in Chennai with R.P.

It was headed by noted personalities like Justice Raghavendra A. Jahagirdar,[3] a retired judge of the Bombay High Court who passed several landmark judgments.

Activists of Maharashtra Rationalist Association and two other organisations demonstrated on Tuesday, 12 May 1981 against self-styled godman Sathya Sai Baba and against the participation of O.P.

[5] The organisation conducts events and runs campaigns under the better known banner We The Sapiens, and is headed by its chief executive Manoj John,[6] who is also the Development Director of Atheist Alliance International.