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How Indian Courts and Tax Authorities Have Defined the Legal Status of the RSS
In recent years, critics of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)—India’s largest volunteer-based socio-cultural organization—have often questioned why it is not registered as a non-governmental organization (NGO). Such criticisms frequently imply that the RSS operates in a legal gray area or …
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Emergency (1975-77) in India: An Archive of RSS Martyrs
On the night of 24-25 June 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a National Emergency across India. What followed was one of the most consequential periods in the history of the world’s largest democracy. For twenty-one months, from June 1975 …
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Emergency (1975–77): The Documented Brutality Faced by RSS Volunteers
The declaration of the Emergency on the night of June 24–25, 1975, by the Indira Gandhi government was triggered by a sudden existential crisis following the landmark Allahabad High Court judgment, which had disqualified the sitting Prime Minister for electoral …
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Understanding the Philosophical Foundation of RSS-Part 1
About the Source This article is Part 1 of a three-part series providing a curated translation and analysis of the handbook Vishay-Bindu. The excerpts are drawn from the Fifth Edition of the manual, published on Deepawali, Vikram Samvat 2069 (November …
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Hindu Rashtra and Religious Minorities: Decoding the RSS Perspective
Dattatreya Hosabale, the General Secretary (Sarkaryavah) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), recently spoke extensively, in a podcast with a news agency, on the long standing debate on “Hindu Rashtra(nation)” and the apprehensions of religious minorities in this regard, especially …
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RSS Annual Report 2025–26: Data, Outreach, and the Expansion of a Nationwide Network
The annual report of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for 2025–26 was presented at the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) held in Samalkha, Haryana, from March 13 to 15, 2026. As the highest decision-making body of the RSS, the ABPS …
HinduPACT Study Questions USCIRF’s Evolving Narrative Targeting the RSS
In a research study titled ‘USCIRF Reporting on India (2007–2026): A Longitudinal Analysis of Narrative Frames and Hindu Organisation Mentions’, the Hindu Policy Research and Advocacy Collective (HinduPACT), an organisation dedicated to advocating for and researching issues concerning the American Hindu …
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