History of NGOs in India :

NGO have a long history in India .In the post ,people in this country have been found to have provided help to other in trouble . Since centuries their exists the tradition of voluntary service to the needy and helpless in the country . In the beginning these service were renedered by the people motivated by their religious feelings . They believed that service to people would be the service to people would be a mean to attain spiritual salvation and sometimes to atonement for any sinful act . Spirit of charity and altruism guided the voluntary action in the past , which has found expression in diverse froms even outside the fromal establishes religious channels . Flood , Fires , Earthqakes , epidemic outbreaks and other kinds of calamities were the occasion which help people to do voluntary help to those who were trapped in disastrous situation . Community was very strong and people were guided by the 'we ' feeling and selflessnesss in extending their individual supports . The help and support used to be individual , spontaneous and transitory . It is around the 18 anmd 19 cnetury that associated and organisation were being formed to render such activities in more organised and permanent profile [ ibid ].