What is the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh?
The ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is to carry the nation to the pinnacle of glory, through organizing the entire society and ensuring the protection of Hindu Dharma. It has conservative values that hope to make India a Hindu country and enforce Hindu way of life under the banner Hindutva or Hindu-ness.
Why did RSS start in India?
After reading Savarkar’s Hindutva and meeting Savarkar in Ratnagiri jail (1925) he was deeply influence and started RSS with the objective of strengthening Hindu society. He felt handful of Britishers are ruling us because Hindus are not united and therefore it is required to unite them and inspire them for parakrama (valour).
Who is the ‘Sarkaryavah’ of RSS?
Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha of RSS elected Shri Dattatreya Hosabale as its ‘Sarkaryavah’. He was Sah Sarkaryavah of RSS since 2009. For the welfare of entire mankind, Bharath must stand before the world as a self-confident, resurgent and mighty nation.
Who was the first pracharak of RSS?
Developing a network of shakhas (branches) was the main preoccupation for Hedgewar throughout his career as the RSS chief. The first pracharaks were responsible for establishing as many shakhas as possible, first in Nagpur, then across Maharashtra, and eventually in the rest of India.
What is Hindutva and the RSS?
Led since 2009 by longtime stalwart Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS is India’s most prominent proponent of Hindutva — Hindu-ness and the idea that India should be a “Hindu nation.” About 80 percent of India’s 1.4 billion people are Hindus, but there are also millions of Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains.
What is the Sangh Swayamsevak?
The Sangh is known to the people more by its ordinary Swayamsevaks than by its philosophy, well-disciplined programmes or its route-marches. Most effective and best means of identifying the R.S.S. is its Swayamsevak and his conduct.
What is the best way to identify the RSS?
Most effective and best means of identifying the R.S.S. is its Swayamsevak and his conduct. If at all the form and character of the Sangh has to have proper influence on society, it could only be through the behaviour of an ordinary Swayamsevak. It is post of such an immense responsibility.