List of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh members

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist organisation that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2][3][4] The RSS is one of the principal organizations of the Sangh Parivar group. Founded on Vijaya Dashami day in 1925, it claimed a commitment to selfless service to India.[5] The organisation is the world's largest voluntary organization.[6]

Political leaders

Bharatiya Janata Party politicians

Other party leaders

Non-political figures

Civil rights leaders

    Film and television

    See also

    References
    1. McLeod, John (2002). The history of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 209–. ISBN 978-0-313-31459-9. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
    2. Andersen & Damle 1987, p. 111.
    3. Horowitz, Donald L. (2001). The Deadly Ethnic Riot. University of California Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-0520224476.
    4. Jeff Haynes (2 September 2003). Democracy and Political Change in the Third World. Routledge. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-1-134-54184-3.
    5. "A self-goal by the RSS". The Indian Express. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
    6. Chitkara, M. G. (2004). Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: National Upsurge. ISBN 9788176484657.
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