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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/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
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