The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), also known the Sangh, is a right-wing Hindu nationalist, paramilitary, volunteer, and allegedly militant organization in India. Contributor Names Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh Created / Published. India. Subject Headings – Religious institutions.
Besides, is RSS banned in India?
The RSS was banned once during British rule, and then thrice by the post-independence Indian government, first in 1948 when Nathuram Godse, an erstwhile member of RSS, assassinated Mahatma Gandhi; then during The Emergency (1975–1977); and for a third time after the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992.
Thereof, who is RSS leader?
List of Sarsanghchalaks of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
| Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent Mohan Bhagwat since 21 March 2009 | |
| Member of | Sangh Parivar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh |
| Residence | Hedgewar Bhavan, Sangh Building Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India |
| Appointer | outgoing sarsanghchalak |
Who is Sun Parivar?
The Sangh Parivar (translation: “Family of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh” or the “RSS family”) refers, as an umbrella term, to the collection of Hindu nationalist organisations spawned by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which remain affiliated to it.
Who started Hindutva?
As a political ideology, the term Hindutva was articulated by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923. It is used by the organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other organisations, collectively called the Sangh Parivar.