(RSSFACTS is a column that demystifies the functioning, organisational structure and ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.)

In an RSS training camp (Sangh Shiksha Varga) in 1943 at Pune, the then Sarsanghchalak, M.S. Golwalkar, popularly known as Guruji , stood up to introduce an RSS functionary who was going to deliver the ‘Bauddhik’ (intellectual discourse) that day. Guruji said, “Many amongst you wouldn’t have seen Dr. Hedgewarji. If you look at Balasaheb Deoras, you would see Dr. Hedgewar.” Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, the founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), passed away in 1940. Early Association with RSS and First Shakha

Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras, popularly known as Balasaheb Deoras, was the third Sarsanghchalak of the RSS. He was among the first batch of swa

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