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4 unusual facts about Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh


H. V. Sheshadri

He was one of the most important leaders of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and devoted his entire life for promoting the Hindu cause.

India Development and Relief Fund

When IDRF filed a tax document in 1989 with the US Internal Revenue Service it identified nine organisations as a sample of those it would fund, all of which were associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Shobha Karandlaje

Hailing from Puttur in Coastal Karnataka, Shobha became associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at a very early age, one of the few women full-time workers of the Sangh parivar.

V. Maitreyan

Right from his early days, Maitreyan was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).


Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

Christophe Jaffrelot, a political scientist, considers the HJS to be an offshoot of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Kamal Sharma

Kamal Sharma is an Indian political activist for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and former political secretary to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.

M. Bhaktavatsalam

In August 1963, M. S. Golwalkar, the Sarsangchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh established a Swami Vivekananda Centenary Committee and a Vivekananda Rock Memorial Committee and appointed Eknath Ranade as its Secretary.

Popular Front of India

The Kerala government in an affidavit informed the Kerala High Court, that Popular Front of India had active involvement in 27 murder cases, mostly of cadres of CPI-M and RSS.


see also

Sri Ram Dayal Khemka Vivekananda Vidyalaya Junior College

The School is affiliated to Vidya Bharati which is a network of schools and institutions of higher education run by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh which has close to 20,000 schools under its banner.