| Name(s) |
Keshav Baliram
(K.B.) HEDGEWAR |
| Date of
Birth |
April 01, 1889 -
Nagpur, India. |
| Date of
Death |
June 21, 1940 -
Nagpur, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian physician
and Hindu nationalism advocate - Founder of Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1923: The outbreak of the Hindu-Muslim riot in 1923
made him ponder over an alternate model of nation-building
in India.
- September 27, 1925: He
founded the RSS (Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh) in Nagpur on
this day, with the intention of promoting the concept of a
united India deeply rooted in indigenous ideology.
|
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- The founding Sarsanghachalak (supreme
leader) of the RSS.
- He actively participated in Indian National
Congress in the 1920s. But he got
disillusioned with their policies and politics. He was deeply influenced by the writings of
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. He considered that the
cultural and religious heritage of Hindus
should be the basis of Indian nationhood.
|
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Commemoration |
- Dr.Hedgewar Institute Of Medical Sciences & Research
(Dhimsr) Amravati
- Dr.Hedgewar Shikshan Pratishthan Ahmednagar
- Dr. K.B. Hedgewar High School Goa
- Dr.Hedgewar Aarogya Sansthan, Karkardooma, New Delhi,
Delhi 110032
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