Mohan Bhagwat

Mohan Bhagwat
Mohan Madhukar Bhagwat
Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
In office
21 March 2009
Preceded by K. S. Sudarshan
Personal details
Born Mohan Madhukar Bhagwat
(1950-09-11) 11 September 1950
Chandrapur, Bombay State, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Government Veterinary College, Nagpur
Occupation Sarsanghchalak (Chief of RSS)

Mohan Madhukar Bhagwat (born 11 September 1950) is the Sarsanghchalak (Chief) of the nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) based in India. He was chosen as the successor to K. S. Sudarshan in March 2009.

Early life

Mohan Madhukar Bhagwat was born in Chandrapur, Maharashtra to a Maharashtrian Brahmin[1] family. He comes from a family of RSS activists.[2] His father Madhukar Rao Bhagwat, was the Karyavahak (secretary) for the 'Chandrapur' zone and later a Prant Pracharak (divisional promoter) for Gujarat.[2] Mohan Bhagwat is the eldest son of his parents and has two younger brothers and a sister.

Bhagwat completed his schooling from 'Lokmanya Tilak Vidyalaya' and then the first year of his BSc from the Janata College in Chandrapur. He graduated in Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry from Government Veterinary College, Nagpur. He dropped out of his postgraduate course in Veterinary Sciences and became a pracharak (full-time promoter/worker) of the RSS towards the end of 1975.[2]

The state-run Animal and Fishery Sciences University awarded Mohan Bhagwat with an honorary doctor of science (DSc) degree during its convocation ceremony in Nagpur.[3]

Association with RSS

After working underground during the Emergency, Bhagwat became 'Pracharak' of Akola in Maharashtra in 1977 and rose within the organization responsible for Nagpur and Vidarbha regions.[2]

He became 'Akhil Bharatiya Sharirik Pramukh,' (in-charge of physical training) for India, 1991 to 1999. He was further promoted as 'Akhil Bharatiya Pracharak Pramukh,' (in-charge of RSS volunteers working full-time for India).

In 2000, when Rajendra Singh (RSS) and H. V. Sheshadri decided to step down as RSS Chief and General Secretary respectively due to poor health, K. S. Sudarshan was nominated as the new chief and Bhagwat became 'Sarkaryavaha,' (General Secretary).

Bhagwat was chosen as the Sarsanghchalak (Chief Executive) of the RSS on 21 March 2009. He is one of the youngest leaders to head the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh after K. B. Hedgewar and M.S.Golwalkar.[2]

In June 2015, due a high threat perception from various Islamic terrorist organisations,[4] the government of India ordered the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to provide Bhagwat with round-the-clock protection. At Z+ VVIP security cover, Bhagwat is one of the most protected Indians today.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "A Thread That Holds".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 IANS (21 March 2009). "Mohan Bhagwat: A vet, RSS pracharak for over 30 years". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Pradip Kumar Maitra (7 March 2017). "RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to get honorary doctorate in veterinary sciences". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat gets 'Z+' VVIP security cover". The Economic Times. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. ↑ HT Correspondent (8 June 2015). "RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat gets Z+ VVIP security cover". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
Preceded by
K. S. Sudarshan		 Sarsanghchalak of the RSS
21 March 2009 – 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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