Question

Who founded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh?

Answer 1

Hint: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is abbreviated as RSS which was founded on 27th of September 1925. It is an Indian right – wing, National paramilitary volunteer organisation to promote Hindutva and Indian culture.

Complete answer:
The RSS has historically played a major role in the Hindu nationalist movement; it was founded by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in 1925. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar was born in the year 1889; he was a physician who lived in Maharashtra. This was founded as part of the movement against the British rule as a response to the riot that was between Hindus and Muslims.

Keshav. B. Hedgewars thoughts were influenced by the writings of the nationalist ideology Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The organisation consisted mostly of upper – caste Brahmins dedicated to independence and the protection of Hindu political, cultural and religious interests. After his death in 1940, leadership of the group or organisation was taken over by Madhava Sadashiv Golwalkar.

The Sangh’s aim was to unite the Hindu community to form a Hindu Rashtra or Hindu nation. The organisation promoted the ideals of upholding the Indian culture and the values and the ideology of Hindutva to strengthen the Hindu community. One of the aim or objective of the organisation was to train the Hindu youths (of India) so as to unite Hindu community and make India an undivided & independent country.

So the answer is – RSS was formed by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in 1925.

Note:
The RSS was banned once during British rule, and thrice by the post-independent Indian government, first in 1948 when Nathuram Godse, who claimed to have left RSS in 1946 over ideological differences, assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, then during The Emergency (1975–1977); and for the third time after the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992.