Sarsanghchalak
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The Sarsanghchalak is the paramount leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
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He is supposed to be the Philosophical guide of the organisation. He is nominated by the predecessor.
The six individuals who have held the post so far have been
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or National Patriotic Organization), also known the Sangh, is a right-wing Hindu nationalist, paramilitary, volunteer, and allegedly militant organization for Hindu males in India...
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He is supposed to be the Philosophical guide of the organisation. He is nominated by the predecessor.
The six individuals who have held the post so far have been
- Keshav Baliram HedgewarK. B. HedgewarKeshav Baliram Hedgewar was the founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh . Hedgewar founded the RSS in Nagpur, Maharashtra in 1925, with the intention of promoting the concept of the Hindu nation...
(1925-1930 and 1931 to 1940) - Dr. Laxman Vaman Paranjpe (1930-1931) (when Dr Hedgewar was in jail during Forest Satyagraha)
- Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar, called as Guruji (1940-1973)
- Madhukar Dattatraya DeorasMadhukar Dattatraya DeorasMadhukar Dattatraya Deoras, popularly known as Balasaheb Deoras, was Sarsanghchalak, or chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , the largest Hindu nationalist organisation in India.-Birth:...
, called as Balasaheb (1973-1994) - Rajendra Singh, called as Rajjubhaiya (1994-2000)
- K. S. SudarshanK. S. SudarshanKuppahalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan was the former sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , a Hindu nationalist organisation which is said to be devoted to social welfare. Sudarshan was born in Raipur in a Kannadiga Hindu family...
(2000-2009) - Mohan Bhagawat (March 2009-present)