K. B. Hedgewar

K. B. Hedgewar

Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (Marathi: केशव बळीराम हेडगेवार) (April 1, 1889 – June 21, 1940) was the founder and the first Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Hedgewar found the RSS in Nagpur, Maharashtra in 1925, with the intention of promoting the concept of Hindu nation. He drew upon influences from social and spiritual Hindu reformers such as Swami Vivekananda, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Aurobindo to develop the core philosophy of the RSS.

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