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2 December: In Hova Maru, near Bangalore, a mob of about 20 alleged Hindu extremists led by Majunath threatened to rape a Christian convert woman, Vijayalakshmi, if she did not convert back to Hinduism.

5 December:  In Kengeri,  Bangalore  alleged  Hindu  extremists  pressurized  the Slum  Board administrative to demolished Gypsy Prayer Church. Under pressured, the board subsequently issued an order to demolish the church.

5 December:  In Shimoga,  police  arrested  four  Christians  after  alleged  Hindu  extremists  from  the Bajrang Dal disrupted their prayer meeting, verbally abused them for their faith and dragged them to the police station.

8 December:  In Gonikoppa, Hindu extremists from the Bajrang Dal attacked Christians from Shakina Full Gospel Church amid their prayer meeting seriously injuring two persons.   Police advised the Christians not to conduct future prayer meetings for security purposes

With its capital Raipur, Chhattisgarh is flanked by Madhya Pradesh on the northwest, Maharashtra on the west, Andhra  Pradesh  on the south,  Orissa  on the east, Jharkhand  on the northeast  and Uttar Pradesh on the north with the state having 176.15 lakhs population. Chhattisgarh has a higher proportion of Scheduled Tribes and Schedule Castes. Tribals constitute about 32.5% of the total population of the state. Of the 176.15 lakhs total population, Christians make up about 1.71 percent. The state witnessed the second highest rate of attack against the Christians this year. The state is ruled by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

4 April: In Bilaspur, alleged Hindu extremist allegedly stopped the Easter Sunday worship of Church of North India (CNI) and accused pastor Bhaktu Lakda and church members of forceful conversion.

15 April:  In Bhilai,  police  arrested  four  Christians  after Hindu  extremists  filed  a complaint  against them of forcible conversion. The extremists beat up the Christians from Bhilai Brethen Church and they were sent to Durg jail.

13 May: In Maroda, Bhilai, alleged Hindu extremists alleged attacked a cottage prayer meeting conducted in Dewangoan’s house and accused the Christians of forceful conversion. Police detained Dewangoan, for about four hours and released him after warning him to stop conducting prayer meeting his house.

17 May: In Jagbalpur,  allegedly  Hindu extremists  from the Bajrang  Dal attacked  Children Development Programme (CDP) and beat Pastor Rahul Pant and two teachers. Subsequently the programme was stopped.

29 August:  In Sivaho, Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh, police arrested Pastor Dilip Chakradhari, Ganga Ram and Shankar Lal after Hindu extremists filed a complaint against them of forceful conversion. The Christians were sent to Dhamtari jail on the day of arrests.

12 September: In Rajgarh alleged Hindu extremists beat evangelist Robinson Roat and ordered him to stop all Christian activities. They told him he would face further harm if he left his house. The Christian did not venture out for two days.

15 September: In Raipur, Hindu extremists misrepresenting themselves as journalists barged into a prayer  meeting  led  by  Pastor  Kamlakarrao  Bokada  and  accused  him  of  “forceful  conversion,” verbally abused him and falsely accused him of dishonoring their idols. Police refused to register a complaint by Christ.

28 September: In Rajnandgan, alleged Hindu extremists assaulted Pastor Suresh Deep as he went to the police station to get one church member out on bail, who was falsely charged for joining an assembly likely to cause a disturbance. The extremists verbally abused pastor Deep, beat him and forced him to drink dirty water and to write that he would refrain from any conversion activity. Police registered a case against the attackers.

6 November: In Raipur, Alleged Hindu extremists disrupted a Christian youth meeting and accused an organization, Vision India, of forcible conversion for conducting the meeting. Police ordered the organizers to submit a list of participants and the meeting was concluded under heavy police protection.

15 November: In Raipur, Hindu extremists from the Bajrang Dal barged into the Sunday worship meeting  of a house  church  of Roopesh  Kumar  and attack  the Christians.  The extremists  verbally abused the Christians, kicked and slapped them and later dragged to the police station. The officer released the Christians without charges after strictly warning them not to conduct future meetings at their home or face dire consequences.

Andhra Pradesh, extending over an area of 2,75,045 sq.km is the fifth largest state in India both in terms of area as well as population. The population according to 2001 census was 66,500,000 with Christians making 2.35 percent of the population.  The state saw the third highest rate of attack against the Church from January to August this year. Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa bound the state in the North, the Bay of Bengal in the East, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on the South and Karnataka and Maharashtra on the West.  Among the tense areas where Christians frequent faced difficulties are Mahaboobnagar, Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Ranga Reddy district. The state is ruled by the Indian National Congress Party.

24 May: In Mahabubnagar, alleged Hindu extremists attacked Pastor T.Paul as he was returning from a worship meeting. The extremists pulled the pastor out from his vehicle and beat him up.

12 June: In Ranga Reddy, suspected Hindu extremists stoned Don Bosco Church, broke the statues of Mother Mary installed in the church’s premises and pelted stoned to the church.

6 June: In Parawada Mandal, Vishakapatnam, alleged Hindu extremists pulled down a church and threatened the believers to leave the area after they opposed to the church construction and also beat up Pastor Philip.

17  September:  In  Kurnool,  Police  arrested  a  Christian  convert  from  Islam,  Sheik  Magbool,  after Muslim extremists filed a complaint against him of uttering derogatory remarks against the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, in Kurnool. Area Christian leaders maintained that the tracts did not contain any hateful  remarks  against  Muhammad;  they asserted  that the Muslim  extremists  reprinted  the tracts  after  adding  some  lines  insulting  to  Muhammad  in  order  to  fabricate  a  case  against  the Christians.

13  September:  In  Vizianagaram  , Hindu  extremists  attacked  a pastor’s  wife  during  his  absence  , injuring her head after they threatened  Pastor Y. Caleb Raj of the Good Shepherd Community Church to close the church and  leave the area the day before.

12 December: In Guntalal, miscreants chopped off the heads of the statues of Saint John and Mary Magdalene and disfigured Mother Mary’s face in the replica of Calvary near the Shrine.

Since  the  Hindu  nationalist Bharatiya  Janata  Party  (BJP)  came  to  power  in  Madhya  Pradesh  in December 2003, Christians in the state have suffered increased attacks and concerted efforts to tarnish their image, reported church leaders. Madhya Pradesh has a Christian population of 170,381, only 0.3 percent  of  the  total  in  the  state,  according  to  the  2001  census.  The  state’s  history  of  religious intolerance runs deep, with an “anti-conversion”  law passed in 1968 that has serves as a pretext for harassing  Christians.  The  state  saw  the  fourth  highest  rate  of  anti-  Christian  violence  across  the country from January to August this year. The State is ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

15 August: In Dhanora, Lakhnadon, opposing the Christian for his faith, alleged Hindu extremists threatened a convert Christian Achelal Jhariya and filed a police complaint against him of forceful conversion  and  that  he  has  constructed  his  house  for  conversion  activities  to  the  government officials.

16 August:  In Dhar,  police  arrested  Pastor  (s) Balu Pita Kesav  and Rajesh Pita Alam  after alleged Hindu extremists beat them up disrupted their prayer meeting.

12 September: In Satna, Hindu extremists accused Pastor V.A. Anthony of “forceful conversion” and of carrying out the funeral of a non-Christian in a local Christian cemetery. Based on the complaint of the Hindu extremists, the inspector general of police summoned Pastor Anthony and a high-level inquiry  is  pending.  The  son  of  a local  church  member  had  died  under  mysterious  circumstances earlier this year, and the pastor and church members had buried him in the Christian cemetery according to the wishes of his parents and other relatives.

16 September: In Jabalpur, alleged Hindu extremists attacked a building belonging to the Believers Church in Jabalpur, bringing it to the ground, claiming that they would not allow any church to exist in the area.

19 October: In Chattarpur, alleged Hindu extremists accused Pastor Kunal Parichha of forcibly converting people and sending them to Bible College and threatened to harm his life if he continued to conduct worship services.

31  October:  In  Neemuch,  alleged  Hindu  extremists  from  the  Bajrang  Dal  barged  into  a  worship meeting shouting Hindu slogans and accused Rev. K. Abraham and church members of forceful conversion by offering people monetary benefits.

With an area of 93,933 sq mi (243,290 kms), Uttar Pradesh covers a large part of the highly fertile and densely populated  upper Gangetic  plain. It shares an international  border with Nepal to the north along with the Indian state of Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh to the north-west, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan on the west, Madhya Pradesh on the south, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand on the south east and Bihar on the east.

Uttar Pradesh  is the most populous  state in India with a population  of over 190 million people of which Christians constitutes about less than 1 percent. The state is considered to be the birth place of Hinduism. According to our record, the state witnessed 7 attacks against the church in the first eight months of this year. The State is ruled by Bahujan Samaj Party.

8 August: In Mailani Lakimpur Kheri, alleged Hindu extremists accompanied by police stormed a Christian  prayer  meeting  in  Mailani  town,  took  Pastor  Robert  W.  Samson  to  the  police  station. Allegedly,  the police  threatened  to shut  down  the church  and  prohibited  the congregation  fr om gathering there next Sunday.

5 September: In Jhansi, alleged armed Hindu nationalists from the extremist beat pastor Anil Masih in Sarva village in Babina,  Jhansi district. Masih received  hospital  treatment  for a broken left leg. Police complaint was lodged but no arrests were made.

3 February: In Kandhamal, police arrested 11 Christians based on the complaint lodged by Hindu extremists of ‘assault’. The incident took place when the extremists started beating the Christians when the latter verbalized their rights to worship Jesus.

20  February:  In  Bhabanipatna,   police  arrested  the  Rev.  Anant  Prasad  Samantray   after  Hindu extremists  lodged  a  complaint  against  him  of  delivering  derogatory  remarks  against  Hinduism .Christians claimed that there was no such remark.

June 8: In Nuapada, alleged Hindu extremists brutally attacked Bhakta Bivar for his faith in Jesus and threatened to kill him if he and his family continue to believe in Christ claiming that they do not allow the existence of Christians in the area.

June  9:  In  Sambalpur,  Hindu  extremists  allegedly  from  the  Bajrang  Dal  accused  Pastor  Lamuel Patnaik  ,  Pastor  N.  Philemon  and  Sudhir  Kumar  of  forceful  conversion  and  attacked  them.  The pastors were invited by Biranchi Kistotta to celebrate the healing of his son whom Pastor Panaik had prayed for some few days back.

August  20: In  Kapingia,  Kandhamal  suspected  Hindu  extremists  assaulted  a  Christian,  Subhash Nayak,  as he made  his way  home  to Laburi  village.  It was  reported  that  villagers  in Laburi  have planned to attack atleast one Christian around that date every year, marking the death of a Hindu leader Swami Laxamananda Saraswati.

14  October:   In  Palikamara,   Puri,  alleged  Hindu  extremists   confined   three  recent  converts   to Christianity in a house, assaulted them, pressured  them to deny their new faith and expelled them from their village. Police rescued the Christians and warned the extremists not to disturb them again.

Kerala  is  a  state  in  South  West  India.  The  state  has  as  area  of  38.863  kms  and  is  bordered  by Karnataka to the north, Tamil Nadu to the south and the east and the Lakshadweep towards the west. The  state  has  a  literacy  rate  of  94.59  percent,  the  highest  in  India.  Of  the  total  population  of 3,18,41,374 Christians are about 19 percent. The state is ruled by Democratic Left Front .

The origin of Kerala’s Christians dates back to 52 A.D when St. Thomas came to the region landing in the port of Cranganore near Cochin. The state witnessed five attacks against the Christian community

11 February: In Alappuzha, miscreants damaged a grotto of the Pius X church near the Women and Child Hospital in the Beach Ward.

29  March:  In  Madakara,  Wayanand,  police  detained  Pastor  Easow  Varghese,  his  wife  and  three children, Evg Biju P. George after Hindu extremists accused them   of denigrating Hindu g ods. The extremists  stopped them as they were returning home after a film show, beat them up and took them to the police station. The Christians were released without charges after area Christian leaders’ intervention.

12 April: In Kozhikode, alleged Hindu extremists attacked Pastor Ponnachen from Assembly of God’s church,  pelted  stones  at his house when  after worship  service,  the Christians  screened  a film on social cause.

17  April:  In  Perumbavoor,   alleged  Hindu  extremists  attacked  two  Christians  from  Young  Men Evangelical Fellowship (YMEF) who were distributing tracts in Christian homes and burned all their tracts.

4 July: In Muvatupuzha, allegedly eight Islamic extremists cut off a Christian professor’s T.J Joseph’s hand for preparing a question with an allegedly objectionable reference to Prophet Mohammed.

22 September: In Vikas colony, Ambalavayal, alleged Muslim extremists beat a Christian convert from Islam after they saw him worshipping Jesus on Sept. 22 in Vikas colony, Ambalavayal.. The radicals also damaged  Pastor  Chacko’s  pipeline,  the source  for water  for about  10 Christian  families,  and pelted the pastor’s home with stones, damaging the house.

Haryana, a state in India, is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to  the  west  and  south.  The  river  Yamuna  defines  its  eastern  border  with  Uttarakhand  and  Uttar Pradesh. Haryana also surrounds Delhi on three sides, forming the northern, western and southern borders of Delhi. Consequently, a large area of Haryana is included in the National Capital Region.

The population of Haryana, according to the 2001 census, is 21,144,000, with about Christians numbering 27,185.The state is ruled by the Indian National Congress.

25 March: In Faridabad, miscreants attacked a Roman Catholic school after the authorities declared that school fees have to be clear up by students. Parents, numbering 25 forcefully intruded into the principal’s  office  and assaulted  one faculty  member,  threatening  to burn the school  building  and “make it like Kandhamal in Orissa”.

22 August: In Qutabgarh, New Delhi, alleged Hindu extremists attacked Pastor Isaac Laal from New Church of India, accusing him of forceful conversion and threatened to harm his life if he continues to conduct prayer meetings in future.

According to the 2001 census, Maharashtra exists as the second most populous state. It holds about 96,752,247  inhabitants  with  a  density  of  322.5  people  per  sq.mt  and  Christian’s  number  about  1 percent of the total population. The state is ruled by the Indian National Congress with the National Congress Party.

1 August: In Orlem, alleged Hindu extremists ransacked Church of North India’s St Emmanuel Church. Church  members  Ponkumar  Nadar  and  Nadarshish  Nadar  sustained  seri ous  injuries  and  received treatment in a local hospital.

11 August: In Pimpri Chinchwad, Police deported five South Koreans including three women after alleged Hindu extremists filed a complaint against them of forceful conversion. The Christians maintained that they were not involved in any conversion attempt and were only conducting Bible reading sessions in Christian homes.

8 December: In Worli, suspected Hindu extremists attacked Christian carols, kicked, punched and dragged them to the police station. Police did not register a case.

Tamil Nadu is the eleventh largest state in India by area and it lies in the southernmost  part of the Indian  Peninsula  and  is  bordered  by  the  States  of  Puducherry  ,  Kerala,  Karnataka  and  Andhra Pradesh. It is bound by the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Palakkad on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar, the Palk Strait in the south east, and by the Indian Ocean in the south.

According to the 2001 census, the total population stood at 6.29 million. The state covers an area of 191,976  square kilometers  (74,122  sq  mi),  or  5.83%  of  the  total  geographical  area  of  India  and Christians number about 37 lakhs. The state is ruled by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

23 March: In Tiruppur, Hindu extremists accused five pastors of carrying gospel tracts to glorify Christianity and filed a police complaint against them. The police after an enquiry found the Christian innocent and released them.

22 June: In Mathikere, Hosur, opposing the Christian convention held on June 17-20, alleged Hindu extremists burned at least seven vehicles belonging to Jesus with Us Pentecostal Church.

15 August: In Tanjore, police detained Pastor S Martin Rajasekaran after alleged Hindu extremists stopped the Sunday worship service, chased away the congregation, seized church’s sound system and  dragged  the  pastor  to the  police  station.  The  police  released  him  after  giving  him  an order passed by the Law and Order Department barring him from conducting worship meetings at his residence.

30 September:  In Theni,  Police detained  evangelist  V.K. Williams  and seven other Christians  after Hindu extremists disrupted their evangelistic meeting and filed a complaint against the Christians of “forceful conversion” and pressured police to arrest them. Police took the eight Christians to the station for questioning.

Rajasthan is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It Rajasthan covers an area of 132,150 sq mi or 342,239 km². The proportion of the state’s total area to the total area of the country is 10.41 per cent. There are about 58 million people with Christians numbering less than 1 percent of the total population.The  Rajasthan  government  passed an anti-conversion  law in the state assembly in April

2006, when the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was in power. The bill is still awaiting the governor’s assent. The BJP led the government of Rajasthan from March 1990 to November 1998, and again from December 2003 to December 2008, when the Left-of-Center Congress Party won the election. The state is ruled by the Indian National Congress. The incidence of Christian persecution is said to have decreased since the BJP’s defeat in the 2008 state election, with the exception of sporadic incidents.

17 January: In Udaipur, armed Hindu extremists allegedly from the RSS disrupted a prayer meeting and beat up Christians from Faith Calvary Church, leaving them with serious injuries.

17 August: In Pratapgarh, Rajasthan, Narayan Lal(20), volunteer teacher in a 10-day Vacation Bible School  organized  was  found  dead  in  a  jungle.  The  family  suspects  that  he  was  killed  by  Hindu nationalist as he had been threatened a number of times by extremists prior to the incident.

26 August: In Udaipur, alleged Hindu extremists attacked evangelists Charlie John and V.M George as they were distributing  gospel tracts. The extremists  damaged  their vehicle, seized literature from them and beat them up. Police came to their rescue.

Bihar  is a state  situated  in the eastern  part  of India.  Its capital  is Patna.  Bihar  is the third  most populated state of India with the total Population of 82.88 million, Density of population in Bihar is 880  per  square  kilometers.  Christians’  number  less  than  1  percent  (53,137).The  state  is  ruled  by National Democratic Alliance.

It is bordered on the north by the Kingdom of Nepal, on the west by Uttar Pradesh, south by Jharkhand, and the east by West Bengal. Bihar lies in the very fertile Gangetic plains, and is part of the Hindi- speaking heartland of India.

28 June: In Patna, miscreants with their faces covered shot a catholic priest, seriously injured him in Mokama, about 100 km from Bihar’s capital Patna.

7 August: In Raxual, alleged Hindu extremists attacked Singhasini Church, pasted several pictures of Hanuman ( Hindu idol) on the church wall and threatened Christians that they will do further harm

Punjab is a region in the north-west of the Indian subcontinent. It is mainly inhabited by people of the ethno-linguistic Punjabi community. The region is split over two countries India and Pakistan, which both contain states called Punjab. The Punjabi culture is spread over various states and territories, including Haryana and Delhi. The northernmost  parts of both the Indian and Pakistani states reach the foot of the. The Pakistani side is bordered by North West Frontier while the Indian side is bordered by Himachal Pradesh.

Christians in Punjab number about 1.1 percent of the total 2.43 million populations. The state is ruled by Shiromani Akali Dal.

20 February: In Batala, Hindu extremists burned up two churches after the area Christians protested against a hoarding having picture of Jesus Christ in an objectionable manner.

10  July:  In  Gurdaspur,  police  detained  12  Christians  including  five  women  after  alleged  Hindu extremists beat them up and filed a complaint against them of forceful conversion.

14  November:   In  Moti  Nagar,   Ludiana,   alleged  armed  Hindu  extremists   beat  up  a  Christian, Bindeshwar, and threatened to harm him and his family if they attended Sunday worship meetings. Police detained three extremists but later released them without charges

11 September: In Malerkotla town of Punjab, following rumours of burning of a Quran in the US, a mob gathered and proceeded to the town’s only church in Loha Bazar, shouting slogans against the US government. The mob then set furniture of the church on fire before the police intervened

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation’s fourth most populous .It is also the seventh most populous sub-national  entity in the world. West Bengal, together with Bangladesh lying on its east, forms the historical and geographical region of Bengal. To its northeast lie the states of Assam and Sikkim and the country of Bhutan, and to its southwest lies the state of Orissa. To the west, it borders the states of Jharkhand and Bihar, and to the northwest, Nepal.

According  to  the  2001  census,  there  were  515,150  Christians  in  West  Bengal,  or  0.6%  of  the population.  Although  Mother  Teresa  worked  in  Kolkata,  Christianity  is  a  minority  in  Kolkata  as well.The state is ruled by the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

26 September:  In Kenda, Hindu extremists  stopped a worship service and dragged Christians  out, saying  no  more  prayer  or  worship  should  take  place  in  the  village  and  threatening  to  kill  the Christians  if they did not convert to Hinduism.  The officers summoned  both parties  to the police station, but the extremists threatened to kill the Christians if they went.

28 November:  In Natungram,  alleged  Muslims  radical  boycotted  a convert Christian  woman from Islam, restricted them from selling and buying    and threatened them not to attend church services and to impose a fine on her if she continues to follow Jesus Christ.

According  to  2001  India  census,  Uttarakhand  had  a  population  of  approximately  of  8.48  million. Hindus form the majority of the population at 85.0%, Muslims form 10.5%, Sikhs 2.5% and Christians, Buddhists, Jains and others about 0.5%.  Uttarakhand is located in the northern part of India. Known for its natural beauty, it was carved out of Himalayan and adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh. The percentage of Christianity comes at about 0.5 of the total population. The state is ruled by Bharatiya Janata Party.

25 April: In Rooria, Haridwar, police arrested Pastor Jaswant Singh after Hindu extremists allegedly from the Hindu Jagrang Manch (Hindu Awareness Platform) disrupted the prayer meeting, verbally abused them for their faith and later filed a complaint against the pastor of forceful conversion.

9 November: In Haridwar, Police arrested Pastor Manoj Kumar from The Indian Pentecostal Church on false charges of ‘forceful conversion’ and threatened to harm his life and uttered derogatory remarks against then Christians.

July 20: Foreigners Registration Officer issued a notice to a senior Christian worker, Father Jim Borst to quit India after an alleged complaint against him for indulging in forceful conversi ons. Father Borst has been running Good Shepherd School since 1963.

13 September: In Tangmang town, following rumors of burning of a Quran in the US, angry mobs, torched a Christian missionary school of the Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson Educational Society, the office of the social welfare department and a police vehicle.   The school students are not hurt.  The building was completely burned down but no students were hurt.

According to the census in 2001 there were 102,489 Christians in the state. Christians in the state are mostly from the native Tripuri people and other indigenous tribes. The state is ruled by Communist Party of India (Marxist).

6 November: In Burburi, Hindu extremists attacked a prayer meeting and ordered the Christians not to open their mouth or make any sound while they are praying and pelted the Christians with stones. The meeting was concluded under police protection

Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India, located in the far northeast. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Burma in the east, Bhutan in the west, and the People’s Republic of China in the north. The majority of the territory is claimed by the People’s Republic of China as part of South Tibet scattered over 12 towns 3862 villages, Arunachal Pradesh is said to have the lowest density of population. In the Arunachal Pradesh, the density of population is 13 persons in every square kilometer of the land with a total of about 1,091,117 with about 10.29% Christians in the state. The state is ruled by Indian National Congress.

7  October:  In  Hayuliang,  Anjaw,  Hindu  extremists  demolished  a  church  structure,  completely bringing it down. Lohit Mishmi Baptist Churches Association (LMBCA) lodged a police complaint the next day, but no arrest has been made.