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The '''Ratnagiri Hindu Sabha''' was established with the object of "organising and consolidating the [[Hindu]]s into an organic whole with a view to enabling them to resist effectively any unjust [[aggression]], and protecting their [[cultural rights|cultural]], [[Economic rights|economic]] and [[religious rights]]".

The [[wikt:Special:Search/sabha|Sabha]] [[conversion (religion)|reconverted]] many persons to the Hindu faith; its mixed [[caste]] schools reduced the number of [[convert (religion)|converts]] from the American Mission School. The programme of reconversion was opposed by [[Christianity|Christian]]s, [[Muslim]] [[missionary|missionaries]], and the [[Orthodox Hinduism|Hindu Orthodox]].<ref name="Sharma2008">{{cite book|author=Jai Narain Sharma|title=Encyclopaedia of eminent thinkers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHmOMnJKiS4C&pg=PA22|access-date=4 March 2012|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-492-9|pages=22–}}</ref> Describing its formation, Keer writes that it was "established ostensibly through the influence and attempts of [[Babarao Savarkar]], but, in fact, inspired by [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]] himself". Keer dates the establishment at two weeks after the [[internment]] of Savarkar in Ratnagiri on January 6, 1924.<ref name="Keer1966">{{cite book|last=Keer|first=Dhananjay|title=Veer Savarkar|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.13532|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=Mumbai|date=December 1966}}</ref>{{rp|167}}

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