Hindu Satkar Samity

The Begining...

      One of the most common desires born out of deep-rooted sentiments cherished by every person, however humble & lowly, he may be, is that after his death his earthly remains may be disposed by his own people according to the prevalent rites and traditions. But unfortunately the way the then British Government used to treat the unclaimed dead bodies of the Hindus had outraged such sentiment for a long time. Such dead bodies were either burnt in a promiscuous heap in Tapsia in the bank of an open sewage channel or decomposed till the flesh was separated from the bones.

       It was the purpose of putting a stop to such repulsive and shocking method of disposing of unclaimed dead bodies, that the Bengal Provincial Hindu Mahasabha took the initiative, and enlisted the support of a number of prominent citizens of Calcutta to form the Hindu Satkar Samity in 1932. The work of the Samity began at the Hindu Mahasabha’s office at 57 Harrison Road, under direct supervision and financial help of Shri Anil Kumar Roy Choudhury. In its very first year of existence the Samity workers carried on shoulders and cremated 161 dead bodies.