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	6