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- NAME: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
- OCCUPATION: Criminal, Cult Leader, Religious Leader
- BIRTH DATE: December 11, 1931
- DEATH DATE: January 19, 1990
- EDUCATION: Hitkarini College, Jabalpur University, Saugar University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Kuchwada, India
- PLACE OF DEATH: Pune, India
- Full Name: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
- AKA: Acharya Rajneesh
- AKA: Shandra Mohan Jain
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Indian cult leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh created the spiritual practice of dynamic meditation. He started the Rancho Rajneesh commune in Oregon in the 1980s.
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Rajneesh himself had also committed numerous crimes, including fixing a local election, poisoning politicians and commanding his own private militia to force the takeover of a town. During his trial for immigration fraud, Rajneesh pleaded guilty, realizing that a plea bargain was the only way he'd be allowed to return to India.
Later Life
After pleading guilty, Rajneesh renamed himself Osho and returned to India, where his number of followers had significantly decreased. Osho spent the remainder of his life in India, Greece and Uruguay, among several other countries.
On January 19, 1990, Osho died of heart failure at one of his few remaining communes in Pune, India. Following his death, the commune was renamed the Osho Institute. Osho's followers continue to spread his beliefs by opening Osho Mediation Centers in major cities across the globe.
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