List of Sarsanghchalaks of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh | |
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Member of | Sangh Parivar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh |
Residence | Hedgewar Bhavan, Sangh Building Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India |
Appointer | outgoing sarsanghchalak |
Term length | no term limit |
Formation | 27 September 1925 |
First holder | K. B. Hedgewar (1925–1930) |
Deputy | Dattatreya Hosabale (Sarkaryavah) |
Website | www |
The Sarsanghchalak (IAST:Sarasanghacālaka) is the head of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), 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. The organisation is the world's largest voluntary organization.[5] The position is decided through nomination by the predecessor. Since the organisation was established in 1925 six people have served as Sarsanghchalak. The first, Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, founded the organisation served as Sarsanghchalak from 1925–1930 and then again from 1931–1940. The current Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is Mohan Bhagwat.[6]
List of Sarsanghchalaks[]
No. | Name | Portrait | Term |
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1 | K. B. Hedgewar | ![]() |
1925–1930 [7] |
acting | Laxman Vasudev Paranjape | 1930–1931 [8] | |
(1) | K. B. Hedgewar | ![]() |
1931–1940 |
2 | M. S. Golwalkar | ![]() |
1940–1973 [9] |
3 | Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras | ![]() |
1973–1994 [10] |
4 | Rajendra Singh | 1994–2000 [11] | |
5 | K. S. Sudarshan | 2000–2009 [12] | |
6 | Mohan Bhagwat | ![]() |
21 March 2009–Incumbent [13] |
See also[]
- List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Swayamsevak
References[]
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