The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) played a stellar role in India’s freedom struggle. The organisation was set up in 1925 and its founder Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar went to jail twice in 1921 and 1931. He was also a member …
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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 …
Rural India has been one of the key focus areas of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and over the period it has developed an indigenous model for making villages self-sustainable. Though Deendayal Research Institute (DRI), an organisation inspired by the RSS …
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Dattatreya Hosabale, Sarkaryavah(General Secretary) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) recently released one of the most authentic biographies of its founder Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar. The book titled ‘The Man of the Millennia-Dr Hedgewar’ was originally written in Marathi and published …
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by Dr. Shreerang Godbole What is the secret of the ceaseless growth and development of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)? How is it that an almost 100-years old organization has not become outdated, rather continues to attract and inspire countless …
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was founded on the festive day of ‘Vijyadashmi’, also known as ‘Dussehra’, in 1925. This festival marks the victory of good over evil. This is the day when Lord Rama, who represented the ‘Good’, killed …
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As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) turns 100 in 2025, it’s an enigma to many how an organisation which doesn’t have a formal membership expanded so much, and that too without succession wars. The secret lies in the structure and …
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