Vipassana meditation was started by late guruji sri Satyanarayana Goenka ji in india approx 1960. They had learned Vipassana from his guru late sri saiyaji uba khin from srilanka (Berma). He was also a big administrator in sri lanka.  He had made a meditation room in his office and start practicing vipassana to his pupil.

                   There is a big story behind this metting with Sri Goenkaji  and sri Uba Khin ji. Guruji Goenkaji was a big businessman in Sri Lanka. His faimily went to Sri Lanka very before for business purpose and living there from a long time. Our Guruji Goenkaji got a serious disease of  migraine. So he had consult many more doctor across the country. but he haven`t cure and he have to taken regularly Morphia Injection.

                    And doctor had clearly understand him this this injection is dangerous for your health. Then someone had advised to goenkaji to contact with sri uba khin ji. then he had started practicing of vipassana with Guruji Uba Khin and after sometime his disease will disappear. 

                   Then guruji ubakhin had said to guruji goenkaji that Vipassana meditation is made by indian origin and in a very crucial period in Verma Indian government had given lots of benifit to sri Lanka government. So its time that you should return the technique of this meditation to indian public and compensate indian debt on Sri Lanka government, because indian people are forget this technique, So that he had came in india and spread this.