1. Submitted to – Ms Lata Vyas
Submitted By – Rishikesh
R. Lingayat1
Topic
Gurmeet Ram Rahim
Singh Insan
2. Table of contents
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Introduction……………………………………...………………………3
Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s
Background………………....…………………….4
Gurmeet’s rise in Dera Sacha
Sauda…………….…..…………………..…5
Ram Rahim – ‘the pied
piper’……………...………..…………………….6
Gurmeet Ram Rahim as a rockstar
………….………..…………………...7
Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s lavish
lifestyle………..………..……….…………..8
Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s
arrest…………………………..……...…………..9
Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s
followers………………………...……..………….10
3. Introduction
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Born: 15 August 1967 (age50) Sri Gurusar Modia, Rajasthan, India
Residence: Sirsa, Haryana, India
Nationality: Indian
Occupation: Social group leader, Actor, Filmmaker, singer, songwriter
Years active: 1990-present
Organization: Dera Sacha Sauda
Home town: Sri Gurusar Modia, Ganganagar district, Rajasthan
Criminal charge: Rape (2Counts)
Criminal penalty: 20 years
Criminal status: Convicted
Children : Honeypreet Insan, Charanpreet Insan, Amarpreet Insan,
Jasmeet Insan
Parent(s): Maghar Singh, Nasib Kaur
Website: saintdrmsginsan.me
4. Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s
background
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Guru Ram Rahim Singh was born to Naseeb Kaur and Maghar
Singh on August 15, 1967, in Sriganganagar, Rajasthan.
He was the only child of his parents and started helping his
father by driving a tractor on their field.
He is married to Harjeet Kaur and has three daughters and a
son. They all use Insan as their last name.
5. Gurmeet’s rise in Dera Sacha
Sauda
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Gurmeet Ram Rahim is head of the India-based socio-spiritual
organization Dera Sacha Sauda, which was founded by Shah
Mastana of Baluchistan in 1948 to 1960.
Rahim’s father was a devote followers Satnam. On September 23,
1990, Shah Satnam held a satsang where he publicly conferred
succession of the spiritual leadership upon Gurmeet Ram Rahim.
Rahim was 23 years old then.
He launched his ‘MSG’ range of “swadeshi and organic” products
about two years ago. The business is looked after by the Dera chief’s
children.
6. Ram Rahim- the ‘pied piper’
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Gurmeet Ram Rahim has a massive following of over 200,000.
On Twitter he has a following of over 3.74 million followers. This
number is way more than Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (2.26 million) and
yoga guru Ramdev (938K) Twitter following.
On Facebook , he has 683,192 followers and 673,278 people have
liked his page.
7. Gurmeet Ram Rahim as a
Rockstar
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Apart from being a spiritual guru with millions of
followers, he is also a singer, actor and
entrepreneur.
He has made movies such as Messenger of God,
MSG 2. The movies showed him as
swashbuckling, bike riding, rhinestone-clothes
wearing savior of the human kind. In the sequel
of MSG, he has sang six songs in six different
voices.
He has released successful albums like ‘Love
Charger’, Chora Babbar Sher Ka’, ‘Love Rab Se’
and ‘Thank you For That’.
An adventure lover, Baba, in one of his concerts
sang a song called ‘Chocolate’ by suspending
himself at 30 feet above ground level in a moving
crane.
8. Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s lavish
lifestyle
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He drives a Range Rover SUV and has a convoy of 100 vehicles
which includes 16 black Ford Endeavours.
Ram Rahim’s Facebook page identifies him as Spiritual Saint/
Philanthropist/ Versatile Singer/ All-rounder Sportsperson/ Film
Director/ Actor/ Art Director/ Music Director/ Writer/ Lyricist/
Autobiographer/ DOP/ Action Director/ Choreographer/ Editor/ Music
Composer/ DI Head/ Costume Designer.
9. Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s arrest
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Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan has been convicted in a rape case
by a CBI court.
In 2002, one of his female followers alleged that she and her two
friends were raped by Ram Rahim in his den when she entered his
secret chamber where he was watching a blue film.
The rape victim later wrote a letter to the PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee
and the Judges of Punjab and Haryana court. In her letter she
accused this Rockstar Baba of raping her.
In 2007, CBI charged this Saint under sections 376 (rape) and 506
(criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code
10. Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s
followers
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The ‘Rockstar’ Baba is known for giving spiritual discourse in more
modern ways.
From ‘Naam Charcha’ to ‘Ru-ba-ru nights’, Ram Rahim is cult figure
among his followers.
On his birthday this year, 125 Ram Rahim admirers and followers
simultaneously lit 1,50,000 candles on a single birthday cake.
11. Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s influence
over leaders
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Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is one of the 36 people in the
country who enjoys a VVIP Status and a Z level security cover.
This is because he is a well- known wielder of influence amongst
politicians in Haryana, Rajasthan, and Punjab.
His organization supported BJP in the Bihar assembly election in
2015, and nearly 3000 Dera followers campaigned for BJP in the
state.
12. Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s
philanthropy
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His ‘devotees’ hail him for his social service.
From working during Gujarat earthquake to organizing camps,
the Ram Rahim has encouraged supporters done it all.
The Dera followers have created a ‘World Record’ for organizing
largest blood camp in December 2003, in which more than
15000 donors participated.
13. Ram Rahim’s 53 world records
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According to TOI, he has received an honorary doctorate degree
from the UK-based World Records University.
Ram Rahim has 53 world records in various categories, out of which
17 are Guinness records, 27 are Asia Book records, 7 India Book
records and 2 are Limca records.
Bascially, Babaji’s personality is an all-round one, which we
considered.
In the five years of India operations, the university has awarded
around 100 Indians so far, “the university had said in a statement.