''manav seva madhav seva '' : RSS

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 rul. 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

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

संघ परिवार


Organizations which are inspired by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's ideology refer themselves as the members of the Sangh Parivar. In most of the cases Pracharaks [Full time volunteers of the RSS] were deputed to start and manage these organizations.
* Seva Bharathi: Social Service Organization
* Bharatiya Jan Sangh (Merged with Janata Party and later split to form the present BJP)
* Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): Political Outfit
* Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP): World Hindu Organization
* Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad: Students Wing
* Bajrang Dal: VHP Youth Wing
* Vidya Bharti: Umbrella organization for guiding educational instituions run by the principles of R.S.S.
* Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram: Organization working amongst tribals (called 'vanvasis', forest dwellers, by the Sangh Parivar)
* Swadeshi Jagran Manch
* Bharatiya Kisan Sangh: peasants union
* Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh: trade union
* Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh: an organization to unite Hindus in the world

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