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Is RSS banned in India?
Second ban and acquittal In January 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a member of the RSS, Nathuram Godse. Following the assassination, many prominent leaders of the RSS were arrested, and the RSS as an organisation was banned on 4 February 1948.
In which countries RSS is active?
History.
Is Amit Shah from RSS?
Shah was involved with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since childhood; he participated in the neighbourhood shakhas (branches) as a boy. He formally became an RSS swayamsevak (volunteer) during his college days in Ahmedabad. He first met Narendra Modi in 1982 through the Ahmedabad RSS circles.
What is the RSS’s goal in India?
When Indians won their freedom from British rule in 1947, they established a pluralistic democracy based on secular principles, embracing their diversity. But the RSS’ goal is to redefine India according to its majority Hindu faith.
Is the RSS a threat to India’s secular basis?
As he runs for a second term, the RSS’ influence is more apparent than ever — something that alarms members of India’s religious minorities and those who believe in the country’s secular basis, who accuse the RSS of chauvinism and fostering intolerance and hate.
What did the RSS do under the British Raj?
And this organisation, throughout the rest of its life under the British Raj, remained subservient to the colonising power and opposed the mass movements for India’s freedom in every phase of the struggle. K.B. Hedgewar, the founder of the RSS. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
What is the history of RSS?
In 1925, when the RSS was founded, India was under British rule. The group was started by a doctor named Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, a contemporary of Mohandas Gandhi, who was agitating for independence. Where Gandhi preached nonviolence, the RSS emphasized military discipline and Hindu scripture.