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Vivekananda Rock Memorial:An inspirational tale of grit and determination 

Swami Vivekananda’s mission for the rejuvenation of Bharat began when he sat on “the last bit of Indian rock” at Kanyakumari and attained the vision of national reconstruction.  Thanks to the gigantic efforts of a Pracharak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh …

How RSS protected millions of innocents during India’s partition

India’s independence in 1947 was accompanied by the partition of the country into two nations-India and Pakistan. The partition resulted in an unprecedented blood bath. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) played a stellar role in saving millions of Hindus and …

How RSS revived the unique Bharatiya tradition of ‘Guru Dakshina’

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since its inception in 1925 had decided that it would not accept funds from anyone outside the organisation and it would fund itself with the help of its volunteers. Hence came into existence a unique …

Indian judiciary laments the wrongs done to RSS by hostile govts

 In 1966, the Congress government led by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had issued an order prohibiting the employees of the central government from participating in the activities of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The reason cited for this was that RSS …

Truth behind RSS chief Balasaheb Deoras’ letters to Indira Gandhi during Emergency

The government of India has declared June 25 as Samvidhan Hatya Diwas(Constitution Murder Day) through an official gazette notification. According to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, “On June 25, 1975, the then PM Indira Gandhi, in a brazen display of …

How British government tried to restrict RSS and was defeated in legislative council

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was set up in 1925 and by the early 1930s more than 10,000 swayamsevaks had started attending its daily Shakha. The British government was deeply concerned over the rapid expansion of the RSS as it …

Hindu Nationalism: How RSS looks at it and why it is misunderstood?

‘Hindu Nationalism’ has been established as a politically incorrect term by the colonial, Marxist and Western political scientists. They have targeted Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its ideological mentee Bharatiya Janata Party as advocates of ‘Hindu Nationalism’ projecting it as …