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The Rajneesh Movement
Osho; Neo-sannyas
c.1970 CE – present · New Religious Movement · Living · India (Pune), formerly Oregon; worldwide
VIII. POSTWAR & CONTEMPORARY — 1945 – PRESENT
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- 1953 CE Rajneesh reports enlightenment at 21.
- 1960s CE Lectures across India attacking Gandhi, socialism and organised religion; he becomes notorious.
- 1974 CE Ashram established in Pune; large numbers of Western seekers arrive.
- <strong>1981–1985 CE</strong> Rajneeshpuram, Oregon. The movement buys a 64,000-acre ranch and builds a city of several thousand. Conflict with the neighbouring town of Antelope and with the county escalates rapidly.
- <strong>1984 CE</strong> The Rajneeshee salmonella attack. Members contaminate salad bars in The Dalles, Oregon, sickening 751 people in an attempt to suppress voter turnout in a county election. It remains the largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.
- 1985 CE The plot unravels; Ma Anand Sheela and others are convicted of attempted murder, wiretapping and immigration fraud. Rajneesh is arrested, pleads to immigration charges, is deported, and is refused entry by 21 countries.
- 1987–1990 CE Return to Pune; renamed Osho in 1989; dies in January 1990.
- 1990s–present The Pune resort continues as a commercial meditation centre; long-running litigation over the Osho trademark and copyrights.
- 2018 CE The Netflix documentary Wild Wild Country brings the Oregon episode to a global audience.
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