List of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh members

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist organisation that is widely regarded as the 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. Founded on Vijaya Dashami day in 1925, it claimed a commitment to selfless service to India.[5] The organisation is the world's largest voluntary organization.[6]

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Political leaders

These RSS members have become political leaders:

Party leaders

Civil rights leaders

Military leaders

Business leaders and philanthropists

Educators and researchers

Professional athletes

Cultural notables

See also

References
  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 & Damle 1987, p. 111.
  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.
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