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RSS developing indigenous model of rural development for Indian villages
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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Understanding RSS through Dr Hedgewar’s biography ‘Man of the Millennia’
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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How RSS got its name and started first ‘shakha’
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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Demystifying ‘progressive unfoldment’ of RSS’ vision and mission
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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Remembering Prof. Nanda: A Scholar Who Promoted Hindu Culture Globally
Professor Ved Prakash Nanda, a noted Indian-American legal scholar and a prominent member of the Indian diaspora in the United States of America (USA), passed away on January 1, 2024 in Denver. He was 93. Born in Gujranwala in undivided …
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How RSS inspired Vidya Bharati is helping educate millions
What started as Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, a small school by Vidya Bharati at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, in 1952 to educate the young generation according to Bhartiya values and culture, has grown into one of the largest private networks of …
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Sewa Bharati: An RSS inspired organisation spearheading over 35000 social welfare projects
From running libraries, coaching centres to clinics and blood banks, Rashtriya Sewa Bharati, a social service organisation inspired by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is spearheading over 35,000 projects aimed at improving healthcare, education and employability for the unprivileged in urban …
