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How RSS helped save ‘Darbar Sahib’ twice and upheld Hindu-Sikh unity

Connection between RSS and Sikhs has a historical context — during partition, RSS saved lives of many Sikhs & protected people in Punjab from onslaught of Muslim league-led mobs. The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), an apex religious body of …

Why the saffron flag is revered as ‘guru’ & worshipped by RSS swayamsevaks

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) celebrates six festivals every year And one of them is called ‘Guru Purnima’. On this day, the RSS swayamsevaks worship their ‘Guru’-The Saffron Flag. More importantly around this day, every RSS Shakha organises, ‘Guru Dakshina …

RSS and Mahatma Gandhi’s Assassination: Myth vs Facts

Around half an hour after the assassination of  Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948, at 5:45 P.M.,  a First Information Report was lodged in the Tuglak Road Police station in New Delhi area.  The FIR starts with a brief statement …

What Foreign Press had to say about RSS’ role during Emergency?

Arun Anand As Indira government imposed emergency in India at midnight of June 25-26, 1975, the role of foreign press became important as most of the Indian newspapers and magazines had become victim of the  ruthless censorship for the next …

Interview : RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat

Retaining the core essence & direction of Sangh during the favourable times is the biggest test: Dr Mohan Bhagwat (We are reproducing here an interview of Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat which was published in New Delhi based weekly Organiser in …

Integrated Bharat is a geo-cultural phenomenon

The mention of integrated Bharat causes many to raise their eyebrows. It is imperative that this concept be differentiated from the typical geopolitical expansionism. Some time back in the city of Mumbai, a Shiv Sainik threatened the shop owner of …

Declaring tribals as non Hindus shows lack of understanding of Bharat

It is not mere coincidence that Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh that are at the epicentre of the activities which form the subject matter of this write-up, have been hotspots of conversion activities. The Jharkhand state government recently passed a bill …