World Union

World Union is a non-profit, non-political organization founded on the November 26, 1958 in Pondicherry, inspired by Sri Aurobindo's vision of carrying forward a movement for Human Unity, World Peace and Progress on a Spiritual Foundation. For the ordinary humanitarian and religious outlook and motivation are inadequate to meet the demands of the New Age which is already in the process of manifesting under the inevitable programme of the evolutionary nature on earth.
Mirra Alfassa, known as The Mother, became the President of the first World Council of World Union on 20 August 1964, and since then, 20 August is celebrated as World Union Day.
A. B. Patel was the leading figure in the organization for many years, he was succeeded in that role by M. P. Pandit and Samar Basu.
The organization also publishes a quarterly journal with the same title, which draws inspiration from the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, particularly from The Human Cycle and The Ideal of Human Unity.
*At the instance of Surendra Mohan Ghosh, and Anil Mukherjee along with other prominent persons formed an Association named ‘New World Union’ on the 26th November 1958 in Pondicherry
*A. B. Patel joined in May 1959, and then on April 23, 1960 the name was changed to 'World Union' on advice.
*The Mother became the President of the first World Council of World Union on 20 August 1964, and Surendra Mohan Ghosh, the Chairman.
*Executive Body of World Union
:Samir Kanta Gupta - Chairman
:Anjali Roy, Kittu Reddy, and Jagdish Gandhi - Vice-chairpersons
:Sunil Behari Mohanty - General Secretary & Treasurer
:Prakash S. Patel - Asst. General Secretary & Asst. Treasurer
*Editorial Board - Samir Kanta Gupta, Kittu Reddy, Suresh Chandra De, and Sunil Behari Mohanty (Editor)
*Location - 52, Rue Debassyns de Richmont, Puducherry - 605002, India. Phone - (0413) 2334834, Web - www.worldunion.bravehost.com, Mail - worldunion1958@rediffmail.com
Select articles from the Journal
:Concept of Man in Sri Aurobindo. Indra Sen July-Sept 1968
:The Integral Culture of Man. Indra Sen April-June 1970
:Integral Philosophy and a New Civilization. Karl Heussenstamm April-June 1971
:Unity and Harmony in Practical Prospects. H. Maheswari March 2006
:Drive to Higher Integrations. Purnendu Prasad Bhattacharya June 2006
A free world-union: Sri Aurobindo Social and Political Thought Volume-15

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