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{{Infobox organization
| name = Rationalist Association of India
| image = RAI Estd1930.png
| abbreviation = RAI
|founded_date = {{Start date and age|1930|df=y}}
| caption =
| type = [[Non-profit organisation|Non-profit]]
| purpose = Advocacy of [[rationalism]], [[atheism]], [[secularism]], [[humanism]]
| affiliations = Voting member at International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU)
| leader_title= Founder President | leader_name= Dr. D' Avoine
| leader_title2= Current Chairman | leader_name2= [[Ravipudi Venkatadri]]
|location_country = [[India]]
|homepage =
}}
'''Rationalist Association of India''' ('''RAI''') is an [[India]]n [[rationalist]] organization that was established in 1930.<ref>{{cite book | url = http://humanists.net/bihar/rationalism.htm | chapter-url = http://humanists.net/bihar/RHA.htm | title = Rationalism, Humanism and Atheism In Twentieth Century Indian Thought | chapter = Rationalism, Humanism and Atheism | author = Dr Ramendra }}</ref> Dr. D' Avoine was the President of the Rationalist Association of India (RAI) from 1938 to
1944.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pucl.org/Topics/Religion-communalism/2004/pattathanam.htm | title = Urgent action to protect life of Malayalam writer and eminent rationalist leader Mr. Sreeni Pattathanam in Kerala }}</ref> It is a full voting member of International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iheu.org/membership/our-members/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/profile&page=CiviCRM&gid=4&force=1&crmSID=4_u&crmRowCount=25&crmPID=1|title=Our members IHEU|website=iheu.org|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref> a global representative body of the humanist movement, uniting a diversity of non-religious organisations and individuals.

India's first blasphemy protection happened in 1933 when Dr. D'Avoine published an article titled "Religion and Morality" in the September 1933 issue of ''Reason'', the official journal of RAI at that period. The Bombay Police confiscated all the copies of ''Reason'' and arrested Dr. D'Avoine and charged him under IPC 295A. On 5 March 1934, Sir H.P. Dastur, the Chief Presidency Magistrate of Bombay, dismissed the case by saying that "The accused may be wrong.... But the article merely represents the writer's view."<ref>http://www.pucl.org/Topics/Religion-communalism/2004/pattathanam.htm</ref>

== Current officials of RAI ==
*Chairman : [[Ravipudi Venkatadri]]
*Vice Chairman : [[Sreeni Pattathanam]]
*President : Kura Hanumantha Rao
*Vice President: Gumma Veeranna
*Secretary : Meduri Sathyanarayana
*Joint Secretary : Kannan Sivaram (founder of ''Nastik Nation'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Forum-of-atheists-raises-demand/article16967369.ece|title=Forum of atheists raises demand|newspaper=The Hindu|date=31 December 2016}}</ref> an online forum for atheism and free-thought)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iheu.org/membership/our-members/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/profile&page=CiviCRM&gid=4&force=1&crmSID=4_u&crmRowCount=25&crmPID=1|title=Our members IHEU|website=iheu.org|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Ravipudi Venkatadri]]
* [[Kotapati Murahari Rao]]
* [[Sreeni Pattathanam]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.raiworld.in/}}
* [http://www.nastiknation.org/ Nastik Nation Official Website] [[File:Nastik-nation-logo.jpg|thumb|alt=Logo of Nastik Nation|Nastik Nation Logo]]

[[Category:Organizations established in 1930]]
[[Category:Rationalist groups based in India]]
[[Category:1930 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Humanist associations]]

Rationalist Association of India - Revision history

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