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title: Mritak Sangh
date: "2005-10-12T12:00:00Z"
categories:
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wp_id: 531
description: I'm sharing the story of Lal Bihari, who founded the Mritak Sangh to help Indians declared legally dead. He used extreme tactics like kidnapping and running for parliament to prove he was alive, earning an Ig Nobel Peace Prize.
keywords: [lal bihari, mritak sangh, association of the dead, ig nobel peace prize, legal identity, india, property fraud]
---

Lal Bihar formed a [society of dead people](http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990719/souls1.html). In 2003, he won the [Ig Nobel Peace Prize](http://msnbc.com/news/975208.asp?0sl=-42&cp1=1).

> ... to prove that he was living sought arrest, tried to run for parliament, kidnapped the son of the uncle who had stolen his property, threatened murder, insulted judges, threw leaflets listing his complaints at legislators in the state assembly and demanded a widow's pension for his wife.