Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Hindu nationalist organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:RSS
gptkbp:activity gptkb:community_service
disaster relief
character building
shakhas (daily gatherings)
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Bharatiya_Mazdoor_Sangh
gptkb:Bharatiya_Janata_Party_(BJP)
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)
Rashtriya Sevika Samiti
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)
gptkbp:annualEvent Vijayadashami address
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:currentSarsanghchalak gptkb:Mohan_Bhagwat
gptkbp:founded 27 September 1925
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Keshav_Baliram_Hedgewar
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Nagpur,_Maharashtra,_India
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
gptkbp:ideology gptkb:Hindutva
gptkbp:influenced Indian politics
Hindu nationalist movement
formation of Bharatiya Janata Party
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hindi
Marathi
gptkbp:membership voluntary
gptkbp:motto Sanghachhadhwam Samvadadhwam
gptkbp:notableEvent banned after Mahatma Gandhi's assassination
ban lifted after Emergency
ban lifted in 1949
banned during Emergency (1975-1977)
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee
gptkb:Narendra_Modi
gptkb:Vinayak_Damodar_Savarkar
gptkb:Deendayal_Upadhyaya
gptkb:Lal_Krishna_Advani
gptkbp:numberOfMembers millions (estimates vary)
gptkbp:numberOfShakhas over 50,000 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Sangh_Parivar
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Madhukar_Dattatraya_Deoras
gptkb:K._S._Sudarshan
gptkb:Keshav_Baliram_Hedgewar
gptkb:M._S._Golwalkar
gptkb:Rajendra_Singh
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Panchjanya
gptkb:Organiser
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:India
Indian diaspora
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:symbol Bhagwa Dhwaj (saffron flag)
gptkbp:type Volunteer organization
gptkbp:uniform brown trousers (current)
white shirt and khaki shorts (historically)
gptkbp:website https://www.rss.org
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vir_Savarkar
gptkb:Bharatiya_Janata_Party_(BJP)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6