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{{Infobox organization
| name = Hindu Janajagruti Samiti
| type = [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]]
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| formation = 7 October 2002
| headquarters = [[Goa, India]]
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| region_served = India
| purpose = Creating a Hindu Rashtra
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| affiliations = [[Sanatan Sanstha]]
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| num_volunteers = 300+{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.hindujagruti.org}}
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'''Hindu Janajagruti Samiti''' (HJS) is a right wing [[Hindu]] organisation<ref>https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hindu-janajagruti-samiti-opposes-sunburn-festival-in-goa-119121500104_1.html</ref> operating globally and established on 7 October 2002 by a group of Hindus from various backgrounds.<ref name="HJS2020">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindujagruti.org/about-us/ |title=About Hindu Janajagruti Samiti |publisher=Hindu Janajagruti Samiti |access-date=2020-02-22}}</ref> The organisation claims that it "stands as a common platform for all Hindus to unite breaking all the barriers", and its website carries the slogan "For establishment of the Hindu Nation".<ref name="HJS2020" />

The HJS, whose name has been translated as Committee for the Hindu Renaissance,<ref name="Jaffrelot2009">{{cite journal |title=Hindu Nationalism and the (Not So Easy) Art of Being Outraged: The Ram Setu Controversy |first1=Christophe |last1=Jaffrelot |authorlink=Christophe Jaffrelot |journal=South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal |issue=3 |year=2009 |url=http://samaj.revues.org/1372 |doi=10.4000/samaj.1372 |doi-access=free }}</ref> has been described as a right-wing group and has protested numerous issues, including in 2011 both the screening of a film about the artist [[M. F. Husain]]<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2666034.ece |date=28 November 2011 |access-date=2012-08-21 |title=Screening of film on Husain postponed after threats from right-wing groups |first1=Prakash |last1=Kamat}}</ref> and the Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=Empty rhetoric against anti-communal violence bill |first1=Anisha |last1=Sheth |access-date=2012-08-21 |date=25 November 2011 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2659312.ece}}</ref> In 2010, the ''[[Deccan Herald]]'' described the HJS as an "obscure ... small band of fanatics" when reporting the HJS protest against the exhibition of depictions of Hindu deities by Jose Pereira that were to be displayed at the [[Xavier Centre of Historical Research]] in Goa, The HJS had considered three of the paintings to be "derogatory" nude artworks and demanded their removal. It subsequently demanded that the entire exhibition be cancelled without giving any reason.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saffron fanatics target Goa centre over art exhibition |first1=Devika |last1=Sequeira |date=29 July 2010 |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/84767/saffron-fanatics-target-goa-centre.html |work=The Deccan Herald |access-date=2012-08-21}}</ref> Other protests in 2011-2012 focused on matters such as advertising that the HJS considers to be vulgar,<ref>{{cite news |title=Raze all vulgar ad hoardings by Sept 28 or face agitation: HJS |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-24/goa/30198082_1_advertisement-hoardings-face-agitation-memorandum |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103163727/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-24/goa/30198082_1_advertisement-hoardings-face-agitation-memorandum |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |date=24 September 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2012-08-21}}</ref> the promotion of [[LGBT]] tourism in Goa,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-21/goa/30306276_1_lgbt-tourism-swapnil-naik-goa-govt |date=21 October 2011 |title=Goa govt drops session on LGBT tourism |access-date=2012-08-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203040101/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-21/goa/30306276_1_lgbt-tourism-swapnil-naik-goa-govt|work=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> and decisions made in Russia that were perceived to be anti-Hindu.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-03/goa/31281105_1_russian-consulate-hindu-community-hjs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020400/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-03/goa/31281105_1_russian-consulate-hindu-community-hjs |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2013 |title=Revoke order to demolish temple in Russia: HJS |date=3 April 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2012-08-21}}</ref>

In June 2012, the HJS arranged a five-day All-India Hindu Convention at [[Ponda, India|Ponda]], Goa. This attracted attendance from a range of individuals and activists representing various groups and, according to its chief organiser, was intended to "... chalk out a blue print for the protection of dharma and establishment of a Hindu Nation".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-10/goa/32155789_1_hindu-nation-hjs-sanatan-sanstha |title=Blueprint for 'Hindu Nation' to be chalked out in Goa |date=10 June 2012 |access-date=2012-08-21|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021172621/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-10/goa/32155789_1_hindu-nation-hjs-sanatan-sanstha|work=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=21 October 2012}}</ref>

In August 2012, following civil disturbances in [[Mumbai]], the group demanded a ban on what it called "fanatical" Muslim groups such as [[Raza Academy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/08/13/346--Hindu-groups-demand-ban-on-Muslim-bodies-.html |title=Hindu groups demand ban on Muslim bodies |agency=IANS |date=13 August 2012 |publisher=Newstrack |access-date=2012-08-21}}</ref>

Political scientist [[Christophe Jaffrelot]] considers the HJS to be an offshoot of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].<ref name="Jaffrelot2009" />

A convention organized by HJS in 2014 was supported by prominent activists such as [[Paras Rajput]] of [[Hindu Helpline]], Sanjiv Punalekar, the national secretary of [[Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad]], and Rabindra Ghosh, lawyer and president of the Bangladesh Minority Watch.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Be-prepared-to-deal-with-terror-Hindus-urged/articleshow/37104336.cms |title=Be prepared to deal with terror, Hindus urged |date=24 June 2014 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

Its members have been suspected in the murder of Gauri Lankesh. <ref>https://thewire.in/rights/gauri-lankesh-murder-an-organised-crime-planned-by-sanatan-sanstha-chargesheet</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{official|url=https://www.hindujagruti.org/}}

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