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History of RSS. Formation in 1925 by Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar

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History of RSS. Formation by Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar

Monday, June 20, 2011

History

Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar founder of RSS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._B._Hedgewar

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RSS was founded in 1925 by Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar,
who was a doctor in the central Indian city of Nagpur.
Hedgewar as a medical student in Kolkata had been a part
of the revolutionary activities of the Anushilan Samiti
and Jugantar striving to free India from British rule. He
had been charged with sedition in 1921 by the British
Administration and was imprisoned for a year. After
returning to Nagpur, he was briefly a member of Indian
National Congress before he left it in 1925, to form the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. After the formation of the
RSS, Hedgewar kept the organization from having any
direct affiliation with any of the political
organisations then fighting British rule. But Hedgewar
and teams of volunteers, took part in the Indian National
Congress, led movements against the British rule.
Hedgewar was arrested in the Jungle Satyagraha agitation
in 1931 and served a second term in prison.

The RSS was established as a educational body whose
objective was to train a group of Hindus, who on the
basis of their character would work to unite the Hindu
community so that India could become an independent
country and a creative society. Encyclopedia Britannica
opines that "Hedgewar was heavily influenced by the
writings of the Hindu nationalist ideologue Vinayak
Damodar Savarkar and adopted much of his rhetoric
concerning the need for the creation of a 'Hindu nation'.
Britannica also claims that RSS is established to foster
unity among Hindu youths of all castes and classes
Hedgewar formed the RSS as a disciplined cadre who were
dedicated to independence and the protection of Hindu
political, cultural, and religious interests. During
World War II the RSS' members openly admired Adolf Hitler
in order to counter British rule in India.

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