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Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar, popularly known as Guruji, was the second sarasanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Guruji was born on 19 February 1906 at Ramtek near Nagpur, Maharashtra, and was the only surviving son among the nine children of his parents. He spent his childhood in Nagpur. February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
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Maharashtra (Marathi: महाराषà¥à¤Ÿà¥à¤° , English: , IPA: ) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ...
New Delhi (Hindi: , Punjabi: , Urdu: ‎) is an urban area within the metropolis of Delhi, and the capital city of the Republic of India, as well as the seat of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. ...
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Hindi: , English: ), also known as the Sangh or the RSS, is a Hindu organization in India known for its grass roots work. ...
February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Ramtek is a city and a municipal council in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. ...
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Madhav completed his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Zoology at Banaras Hindu University. Later he became teacher at BHU, where his students addressed him as 'Guruji'. Later Guruji came in contact with Ramakrishna Order at Nagpur. On 13th January, 1937 Guruji was initiated into the Ramakrishna Order by Swami Akhandananda, a direct disciple of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and gurubhai of Swami Vivekananda. Zoology (rarely spelled zoölogy) is the biological discipline which involves the study of non-human animals. ...
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is a major university located in Varanasi, India. ...
Swami Akhandananda was the direct disciple of Shri Ramakrishna and third president of the Ramakrishna Mission. ...
Sri Thakur Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Bangla: শà§à¦°à§€à¦°à¦¾à¦®à¦•à§„ষà§à¦ž পরমহংস) (February 18, 1836 - August 16, 1886) was a Bengali saint. ...
Swami Vivekananda (Bengali: সà§à¦¬à¦¾à¦®à§€ বিবেকাননà§à¦¦ Shami Bibekanondo) (January 12, 1863 - July 4, 1902), whose pre-monastic name was Narendranath Dutta (নরেনà§à¦¦à§à¦°à¦¨à¦¾à¦¥ দতà§à¦¤ Nôrendronath Dotto, was a major figure in the history of Hinduism, India, and Eastern thought in the West. ...
In 1940 after Doctorji died, Guruji took charge of the Sangh. Guruji Golwalkar steered the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh through various obstacles over three decades, to make the RSS one of the foremost organizations in India dedicated to the purpose of nation building. Some of the events during his period included the Quit India Movement in 1942, the Partition of India in 1947, the Indo-China war in 1962, and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Keshava Baliram Hedgewar (Nagpur, India April 1, 1889 – Nagpur, India June 21, 1940) was the founder of Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). ...
The Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolan or the August Movement) was a civil disobedience movement in India launched in August 1942 in response to Mahatma Gandhis call for immediate independence of India. ...
Britains holdings on the Indian subcontinent were granted independence in 1947 and 1948, becoming four new independent states: India, Burma (now Myanmar), Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Pakistan (including East Pakistan, modern-day Bangladesh). ...
The Indochina Wars refers to wars for independence that erupted in the wake of World War II, fought in Southeast Asia from 1947 until 1979, between nationalist Vietnamese against French, American, and Chinese forces. ...
Combatants India Pakistan Commanders Gen J N Chaudhuri, Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh Field Marshal Ayub Khan, Gen Musa Khan Casualties 3,264 killed[1] 8,623 wounded[1] (From July to ceasefire) 3,800[2] - 6,917 killed[3] (17 day period alone) 4,000 - 7,000 killed/ captured[4...
Madhav was the force behind formation of many Hindu organisations like VHP, student wing ABVP etc. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is celebrating 2006-07 as Guruji centenary year. His complete works are now available in different Indian languages and English. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP; World Hindu Council in Hindi), is a Hindu nationalist organisation in India, an offshoot of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. ...
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Hindi: , English: ), also known as the Sangh or the RSS, is a Hindu organization in India known for its grass roots work. ...
A controversial statement made by Golwalker was made in his book "We or our Nationhood Defined" which seemed to lend tacit support for the atrocities of Nazi Germany. He said:
"... Germany shocked the world by her purging the country of the semitic races – the Jews. Race pride at its highest has been manifested here. Germany has also shown how well nigh-impossible it is for races and cultures, having differences going to the root, to be assimiliated into one united whole, a good lesson for us in Hindusthan to learn and profit by" [1]
His critics, most notably far-left Marxist and Islamic Fundamentalist groups, have used this to allege that all Hindus are inherently fascist and so are not deserving of religious freedom. Such attacks have been debunked by Koenraad Elst as politically motivated misrepresentations and quote mining. He asserts that discussion of this quote must be made in the proper context and that Golwalkar never endorsed the actions of the Nazi regime[2]: The term far left refers to the relative position a person or group occupies within the left-right political spectrum. ...
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This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ...
Koenraad Elst is a Belgian orientalist, writer and researcher[1]. He has authored fifteen books on topics related to Hinduism, Indian history, and Indian politics. ...
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"Note that Golwalkar's text mentions "racial purity" as Germany's concern but does not "make a plea" for it, and that he never described Hitler as "a source of inspiration.That alleged Golwalkar quotations turn out to be excerpted from the invective of his critics, is symptomatic of Hindutva-watching in general: first-hand information is spurned in favour of hostile second-hand claims made by unscrupled commentators. In most journalistic and academic publications on Hindutva, the number of direct quotations is tiny in comparison with quotations from secondary, hostile sources... If we do not just focus on the selected quotation (as we are led to do by those who made the selection in the first place), but read the whole book, we find that Golwalkar is definitely not asking the Hindus to emulate Nazi Germany."
Elst further argues that the statement made was more a reactionary response to the ethnic separatism of the Muslim League made during that period when Muhammad Ali Jinnah wanted to segregate Muslims from Hindus on the basis of the Two Nation Theory.[2] Aga Khan III, one of the founders of the Muslim League Navin had a boner and put it in his mouth The All India Muslim League (Urdu: مسلم لیگ) was a political party in British India and was the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state from British...
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Urdu: Ù…Øمد على جناØ) (December 25, 1876 – September 11, 1948) was an Indian Muslim politician and leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan and served as its first Governor-General. ...
Two-Nation theory is the basis of creation of todays Pakistan. ...
Rajesh Tembarai Krishnamachari, a contributor to the South Asia Analysis Group, writes that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has shown persistent and steady growth, and that the views of the group expressed cogently in the text ‘A Bunch of Thoughts’ by M S Golwalkar has not been refuted by any of the Marxists, despite their largely unsuccessful smear campaign against Gowalkar[3]. Sadashiv Golwalkar was the name of his father. He was a teacher. The name of his mother was Lakhshami Bai. South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG) is a non-profit non-commercial think tank based in India. ...
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Hindi: , English: ), also known as the Sangh or the RSS, is a Hindu organization in India known for its grass roots work. ...
He was called "Madhu" by his parents and friends.
Golwalkar died of cancer on June 5, 1973. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
References
- ^ Golwalkar, M S (1939): We, or Our Nationhood Defined, Bharat Prakashan, Nagpur. page 12
- ^ a b Was Guru Golwalkar a Nazi? by Koenraad Elst
- ^ Decline of the Left in India,South Asia Analysis Group
Sheshadri H. V.; Shri Guruji, A Life Sketch; Jalandhar, 2006 External links |
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