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List of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh members

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is an Indian nationalist volunteer organisation which is widely regarded as ideological parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2][3][4] The RSS is one of the principal organizations of the Sangh Parivar group. RSS is the ideological parent of BJP. But BJP is not a political arm of RSS .Founded on Vijaya Dashami day in 1925, it claimed a commitment to selfless service to India.[5] The BJP traces its roots to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS; Indian People’s Association), which was established in 1951 as the political wing of the pro-Hindu group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS; “National Volunteers Corps”) by Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. organisation is one of the world's largest voluntary organization.Organisation inspired institutions and movements today form a strong presence in social, cultural, educational, labour, developmental, political and other fields of nationalist endeavour .[6]

Political leaders

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Bharatiya Janata Party politicians

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Other party leaders

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ McLeod, John (2002). The history of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 209–. ISBN 978-0-313-31459-9. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  2. ^ Andersen, Walter K.; Damle, Shridhar D. (1987), The Brotherhood in Saffron: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Hindu Revivalism, Delhi: Vistaar Publications, p. 111, ISBN 9788170360537
  3. ^ Horowitz, Donald L. (2001). The Deadly Ethnic Riot. University of California Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-0520224476.
  4. ^ Jeff Haynes (2 September 2003). Democracy and Political Change in the Third World. Routledge. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-1-134-54184-3.
  5. ^ "A self-goal by the RSS". The Indian Express. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  6. ^ Chitkara, M. G. (2004). Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: National Upsurge. ISBN 9788176484657.
  7. ^ "संघ के स्वयंसेवक किरीट परमार ने अहमदाबाद के मेयर का पद संभाला, उनकी सादगी की पूरे गुजरात में चर्चा हो रही". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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