The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, also known as the Sangh or the RSS, is a Hindu revivalist organization in India. It was founded by Dr. K. B. Hedgewar, a doctor from Nagpur, as a cultural organisation in pre-independent India, with the aim of uniting Hindus against colonial powers. The volunteers of the RSS participated in various political and social movements including the freedom movement, the Bhoodan, the Sarvoday and the movement for the restoration of democracy in India.

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  • The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, also known as the Sangh or the RSS, is a Hindu revivalist organization in India. It was founded by Dr. K. B. Hedgewar, a doctor from Nagpur, as a cultural organisation in pre-independent India, with the aim of uniting Hindus against colonial powers. The volunteers of the RSS participated in various political and social movements including the freedom movement, the Bhoodan, the Sarvoday and the movement for the restoration of democracy in India. The RSS volunteers are also known for their role in the relief and rehabilitation work during natural calamities and for running more than a hundred thousand service programs in education, health care, rural development, tribal emancipation and the rehabilitation of lepers, differently abled and special needs children. Of late, the volunteers of the RSS have also held prominent political and administrative positions in India including the Prime Minister of India, the Vice President of India, the Home Minister and Ministers in the Central Government, Governors and Chief Ministers of various states and the members of elected bodies at the state and the national level and also the Indian ambassador to the US Some critics have referred to the RSS as a Hindu nationalist organisation. Many have also accused it of supporting militancy, which the RSS has vehemently denied and protested, often going to the extent of suing them in the court of law.. Accusations have led to the RSS being banned thrice by the Government of India but it has been acquitted of all charges each time.
  • Der Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS (Hindi, m. , राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ, rāṣṭrīya svayamsevak sangh, „Nationale Freiwilligenorganisation“) ist eine radikal-hinduistische, hierarchisch strukturierte Kaderorganisation. Er basiert auf den Prinzipien der Hindutva. Der RSS wurde 1925 durch Keshava Baliram Hedgewar gegründet und ist laut BBC das größte Freiwilligenkorps der Welt. Die RSS gewann seither Bedeutung und politischen Einfluss, der im Aufstieg der Bharatiya Janata Partei (BJP) seinen Höhepunkt fand, die als politischer Flügel der Sangh-Bewegung gilt und großen Einfluss in der indischen Regierung hat.
  • Ráštríj svajamsévak sangh (hindsky राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ, česky Národní svaz dobrovolníků) je hinduistická nacionalistická organizace, založená v roce 1925. Je vůdčí silou neoficiálního seskupení hinduistických organizací Sangh parivár. Někdy je označována za extremistickou a během své existence byla již třikrát zakázána: v roce 1948 po zavraždění Gándhího, v letech 1975-1977 při výjimečném stavu a v roce 1992 po zbourání Báburovy mešity.
  • El Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh es un partido político de la India fundado por Keshav Baliram Hedgewar en 1925, que propugna la difusión de la cultura hindú por todo Indostán para unir a todos los indios en una sociedad homogénea.
  • Le Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) est un mouvement nationaliste en Inde qui se base sur les principes de l'Hindutva. Il a été fondé en 1925 par Dr K. B. Hedgewar. L'organisation a été déclarée illégale en 1948 suite à l'assassinat de Mohandas Gandhi par Nathuram Godse, un ancien membre qui avait quitté le RSS en raison de différences idéologiques. L'organisation a été de nouveau autorisée l'année suivante par la Cour suprême de l'Inde.
  • Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - indyjska organizacja nacjonalistyczna popierająca stereotypy etniczne wobec m. in. muzułmanów. Oskarżana przez międzynarodowe organizacje praw człowieka o zachęcanie i partycypację w pogromie w Gujaracie w 2002. Organizacja powstała w 1925 roku. Powołał ją do życia Keshav Baliram Hedgewar.
  • Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), hindunationalistisk organisation, grundad 1925. RSS är moderorganisationen inom det hindunationalistiska nätverket Sangh Parivar, i vilket bland annat Indiens största oppositionsparti BJP ingår. De flesta ledande personer i BJP har fått sin ideologiska skolning i RSS shakhas.
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  • estimated at 2.5 to 6 million
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  • "...RSS as such were not responsible for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi, meaning thereby that one could not name the organization as such as being responsible for that most diabolical crime, the murder of the apostle of peace". "It has not been proved that they (the accused) were members of the RSS which shows that they (the accused) were believers in a more violent form of activities..."
  • "It is conceded by even their worst detractors that the RSS has been in the forefront of the non- official rescue and relief (operations). This has led to an upsurge of goodwill for the Sangh"
  • "Literally within minutes RSS volunteers were at the scenes of distress. Across Gujarat, the (RSS) cadres were the saviors. Even as the state machinery went comatose in the first two days after the quake, the cadre-based machinery of the Sangh fanned out throughout the state. Approximately 35,000 RSS members in uniform were pressed into service."
  • "Prima facie the RSS is a non-political cultural organization without any hatred or ill will towards non-Hindus and that many eminent and respected persons in the country have not hesitated to preside over the functions or appreciate the work of its volunteers. In a country like ours which has accepted the democratic way of life (as ensured by the Constitution), it would not be within reason to accept the proposition that mere membership of such peaceful or non-violent association and participation in activities thereof, will render a person (in whose character and antecedents there are no other defects) unsuitable to be appointed to the post of a Munsiff."
  • "RSS has played an honorable role in maintaining Hindu-Sikh unity before and after the murder of Indira Gandhi in Delhi and in other places"
    "It was the Congress(I) leaders who instigated mobs in 1984 and got more than 3000 people killed. I must give due credit to RSS and the BJP for showing courage and protecting helpless Sikhs during those difficult days"
  • "Realising the national character of Hindu People, the RSS has been making determined efforts to inculcate in them burning devotion for Bharat and its national ethos; kindle in them the spirit of dedication and sterling qualities and character; rouse social consciousness, mutual good-will, love and cooperation among them all; to make them realise that casts, creeds and languages are secondary and that service to the nation is the supreme end and to mold their behaviour accordingly; instill in them a sense of true humility and discipline and train their bodies to be strong and robust so as to shoulder any social responsibility; and thus to create all-round Anushasana in all walks of life and build together all our people into a unified harmonious national whole, extending from Himalayas to Kanyakumari."
  • High Court of Mysore, The State of Karnataka Vs Ranganathacharya Agnihotri, writ No. 588/1966
  • India Today
  • K. Srinivas, District collector of Ahmedabad
  • Kapur Commission Report, Vol. 1, Page 165
  • Kushwant Singh
  • M S Golwalkar, Bunch of Thoughts
  • Saba Naqvi Bhaumik, Outlook, Feb 12, 2001
  • “"This is an old tradition in the RSS. To be the first at any disaster strike: floods, cyclone, drought and now quake. In Kutch, too, the RSS was the first to reach the affected areas. At Anjar, a town in ruins, the RSS was present much before the Army and took the lead in finding survivors and fishing out the dead."
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  • The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, also known as the Sangh or the RSS, is a Hindu revivalist organization in India. It was founded by Dr. K. B. Hedgewar, a doctor from Nagpur, as a cultural organisation in pre-independent India, with the aim of uniting Hindus against colonial powers. The volunteers of the RSS participated in various political and social movements including the freedom movement, the Bhoodan, the Sarvoday and the movement for the restoration of democracy in India.
  • Der Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS (Hindi, m. , राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ, rāṣṭrīya svayamsevak sangh, „Nationale Freiwilligenorganisation“) ist eine radikal-hinduistische, hierarchisch strukturierte Kaderorganisation. Er basiert auf den Prinzipien der Hindutva. Der RSS wurde 1925 durch Keshava Baliram Hedgewar gegründet und ist laut BBC das größte Freiwilligenkorps der Welt.
  • Ráštríj svajamsévak sangh (hindsky राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ, česky Národní svaz dobrovolníků) je hinduistická nacionalistická organizace, založená v roce 1925. Je vůdčí silou neoficiálního seskupení hinduistických organizací Sangh parivár.
  • El Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh es un partido político de la India fundado por Keshav Baliram Hedgewar en 1925, que propugna la difusión de la cultura hindú por todo Indostán para unir a todos los indios en una sociedad homogénea.
  • Le Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) est un mouvement nationaliste en Inde qui se base sur les principes de l'Hindutva. Il a été fondé en 1925 par Dr K. B. Hedgewar. L'organisation a été déclarée illégale en 1948 suite à l'assassinat de Mohandas Gandhi par Nathuram Godse, un ancien membre qui avait quitté le RSS en raison de différences idéologiques. L'organisation a été de nouveau autorisée l'année suivante par la Cour suprême de l'Inde.
  • Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - indyjska organizacja nacjonalistyczna popierająca stereotypy etniczne wobec m. in. muzułmanów. Oskarżana przez międzynarodowe organizacje praw człowieka o zachęcanie i partycypację w pogromie w Gujaracie w 2002. Organizacja powstała w 1925 roku. Powołał ją do życia Keshav Baliram Hedgewar.
  • Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), hindunationalistisk organisation, grundad 1925. RSS är moderorganisationen inom det hindunationalistiska nätverket Sangh Parivar, i vilket bland annat Indiens största oppositionsparti BJP ingår. De flesta ledande personer i BJP har fått sin ideologiska skolning i RSS shakhas.
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