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Mahatma Gandhi

The 1948 RSS Ban: Evidence, Investigations, and Historical Record

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at Birla Bhavan in New Delhi. Just after the assassination, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) became the target of vindictive administrative action and eventually, a long-running political narrative. The actions taken against …

Dr Hedgewar and RSS in Civil Disobedience Movement: A Forgotten Chapter of Freedom Struggle

When Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930, the Salt March symbolized India’s defiance of British rule. But there was another struggle that unfolded in villages and forests, the JungleSatyagraha(non-violent resistance in forests) in the year 1930–31. For …

Linking RSS with Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination is a tale of lies and political vendetta

On January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi. The events that followed smacked of political vendetta against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).  MS Golwalkar, the second Sarsanghchalak of the RSS, was in Chennai on the day Mahatma …

What is the RSS’ stand on ‘caste’ and ‘reservation’ ?why Gandhi and Ambedkar were impressed with it?

A fake video has recently been circulated on social media about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on the issue of reservation. The video purportedly claimed that the RSS is opposed to reservation to the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other …