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'pb s·e ofnationalist :ervour. thls. Hedgewar as SarsangltciJalak Issued a circular to all the sllakhas.
0 .
UR country Is passing thrm.>Jh aJ. .
to worship the Bltagwa ]lranda (the saiTron nag). :'-lowhcre in the .
In such a scenario, It would J.:.ot l🇱🇨 r.ut tifplace to recnll the functioning of the RSS. Is the Tricolour or Nntlona\1-'\ng liSrd e\'er. Great August Revolution of 1S42. l''h!~hIs also knovr.~ as t , today. They may go to unfurl the Tricolour at Lal Chowk in the Quit India Movement. Though Its call C&.:!"C· frbrti the Congress Srlnagnr. Kashmir and get publicity for challenging anti-national led by Gandhljl. socialist elements within the ~oogrNS turned the forces. but the stunning fact Is that the: RSS openly Mrrles nnd movement into a nationwide one. It was S7 ye ~.:sago that slogans denigrates the National Flag. Is it not ironical that the militar.t like -"BriUshers Quit £ndla" and "Do or Die" rent the air. This groups nctlve in diiTerent parts ofthe country who also refuse to movement had Its share of controversies too. Tbc rc.ie of the uphold the ~fltionnl Flag and the Constitution nre punished by .
Communist Party offndlu has always been scrut:nised h1.;how that .
death or Imprisonment. whereas the RSS doing the same Is treated under Soviet pressure. llkept aloof. Interestingly. this perception as apostle of patriotism. Golwalkor while addressing a Gumpumima lingers In spite of the fact that Communists. under their banner. gathering in Nagpur. on July 14. 1946. said thnt it ,,·ns thesaiTron .
launched powerful and lnnotratlve cultural as well as political ~ flag, whlch. represented their culture. lt was the embodiment of God. .
movements. r. · "We nrrnly believe that in the end. the \\'hole nntion will b,,,,. before However, It Is surprising thatthe role of the Rasbtrlya Seve Sftfh this saiTron Oag." (Shrl Curu}l-Samayar Darslum. \',,J_I I'·/,\ F.,·~n {RSS), which Is a vocal daimant of natlonalism has not been \i after Independence. It was the RSS. which refu!>cd to ,Jl'Ct!pttt as the .
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properly scrutinised. A perusal of the documents relating to that era National Flag. Golwalkar while discussing the Issue nl ihe National published or authored officially by people connected with the RS~ Flag under the heading. "Drifting artd drifting" in Huuch Of Thought .
clearly present an unfortunate picture. The RSS not only kept afoof says. ~For example. our leaders have set up a new Oag for our .
from the Quit India Movement but also other anti-British movements country. \Vhy did thcr do so? lt is just n cnsc ofdnftin~ nnd of the Twenties. Thirties and Forties. It malntained a distance from Imitating. Ours is an ancient and great nation with a glorluu.c; past. Azad Hind Fauj trials of martyrs Hke Bhagat Singh and the Royal Then. had we no flag of our own? Had we no national emblem at all .
Indian Navy Mutiny. . these thousands of years? Undoubtedly we had. Then why thls >oid In fact. the issue came to the fore last Matchwhen the Prlme this uttcr \'acuum in our minds?" lpp.2 37· 23~\. .
Mlnlster In the presence ofRSS chief. Rajlnder Singh. released a Importantly. one of the reasons. for which the RSS was bennE'r:~l Flag_. ·""freedom Ogbter imd the (ounder of the RSS, Dr. K. B. Hedgewar." The issue was so crucial th~tt when a move was init:atl'rl by G lew During the freedom struggle. Hedgewar went tb jail only twice and sympathlsers of the RSS within the Congress to lift the: !:Jan. the .
l~ both timeS at the call of the Congress. He went to jail the first time for Home Ministry. through a communique dated :-\ovember 1-t. 1 fC'II~l\\ ~~ .
narrated ln the biography. "he l ,tabllshed close relations with all and for reasons already explained above. the Govemml'nt t'l' to,h:\ leadenand activists ln the prison, explained the w.ork ofthe Sangh nnds Itself u na:ble to ad\'ise provincial gO\'Crnments to un t ht' t-~n to them and obtained promise ofcooperation for work ln future. He The Prime Minister. therefore. de'cllned the lntcr>lew whk h cameoutof the prison only after making plahsfor a blgleap for work Golwalknr sought... The Government of Indln dcddtd h' l!n th("-N..'\t\ expansion". (p.21) This clearly shows that Hedgewar chose to go to on RSS on July 11. 1949. only when Golwalknr gn,·e tlw .
)aUnot because bewas convinced of ~the cause but In order to break-undertaking to be loyal to the Constitution nnd re~>pl'.
(He3gewQ.r). This '' ·\.
give independenc-e and the sangb should not Lag behlnd. Atthat~ \:1 1 ' ; ~11 worked with the inspiration to free the country lw lht\\\\ ~\\~\ \~\ .
.
time, when a gentleman told doctor)I that be was ready to·8d oftlw f\,y,\~\1\WH\\' .
.
the attitude of the RSS towards Quit Indla Movement oU~l; one .' .
should go through the following statement ofGolwalkel\ ~''therels · country through defending religion and culr\tfl~ 1h~'(~\ \~ \\\\ .
.
mention ofdeparture of Brltlsh In that.· (Sltl'l I :urttll M~;Wr,\ bad news of the struggle. The boys became mllitant after ~·1920-"f~ Darshan Vol. 4. p.2). When people like Ohn~l\t Mll·~\h, ~1\\\i.\\\\,-._~\\\\.\ .
21 movement. lt Is not an attempt to throw mud at·t¥"~en. But l Sukhdev were sacr!Oclng their lives n~n lrhtlhc l\111 1 . ._11 1\\,\\,~ ''\\\ .
.
these are Inevitable products afler the struggle. Tht ma_tle.t 1.8 that il the consideration of coste find religion; tlwl1' ''1 11' l'f''llh'> \\-\1\\ \\ .
we could not properly control these results. After 1942, people often \' not want to annoy the British rulers. 'I h1 h"''' 1 \l\\1\ \i \\1\\ \_\ .
.
started thlnklng that there was no need to think of the law". (lbtd, very people art· '.'1!.! greatest clolmnnl 111th1 I''IITh\\il 111\1~ \h,\\\\\\W\·:.\ .
p 41) Shri Gurujl continues. ''In 1942 also there was strona ..~ face of the country. .
s~nUment ln'th" hearts of many. At that time too the roli~nework of \_ .
th Sangh continued and the Sangh decided not to do a;lng. ,on... , ..
dl;ectly." (Ibid. .41 ). No publication of the Sangh thro~ tal ~ ·.
.
eat work the organls.a.tloo did Indirectly. Howev . ~no.
h t~r It to know what was this routine work. It was to sharpen .
aand .aghgrBavl~l eh regularly rewarded them. Owing the l3rttlsh'·rule..
.
j 1~1 cu t the division between Hindus and Muslims. And for .
thls. t e r s M 11 League ever faced anY banl .
neither the RSS nor the ·us !~the RSS bated anything which .
During the freedom strugg e ofthe'Indian peopleagainst the .
symbolised the united v~g~lcolourts most pertlnent.IilDecember .
~ bore session, adoptedPllma S\\'laraj as.
.
Brlttsh rule. The case o I on the people to observe January 26, .
'.
··1929, the Congress. at ts a .
the national goa!and calledbpn lng the Tricolour. In response to .
19 30 as Independence Day Y y ----.
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2001 ID-41769
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e ree 0 srru -.
I.
.\' a .
.'.,.
II \ .
; .
-~ ~ 'l .
t. , ,_ t.
.. - . .
\ ' I.
. 'l .
ro e.
l' ' .
I ' .'.
lj ,_..
' l I~. I-·---.
\ \\1'\i \4f~ .
t I I.
r'J_1,_' .
'pb s·e ofnationalist :ervour. thls. Hedgewar as SarsangltciJalak Issued a circular to all the sllakhas.
0 .
UR country Is passing thrm.>Jh aJ. .
to worship the Bltagwa ]lranda (the saiTron nag). :'-lowhcre in the .
In such a scenario, It would J.:.ot l🇱🇨 r.ut tifplace to recnll the functioning of the RSS. Is the Tricolour or Nntlona\1-'\ng liSrd e\'er. Great August Revolution of 1S42. l''h!~hIs also knovr.~ as t , today. They may go to unfurl the Tricolour at Lal Chowk in the Quit India Movement. Though Its call C&.:!"C· frbrti the Congress Srlnagnr. Kashmir and get publicity for challenging anti-national led by Gandhljl. socialist elements within the ~oogrNS turned the forces. but the stunning fact Is that the: RSS openly Mrrles nnd movement into a nationwide one. It was S7 ye ~.:sago that slogans denigrates the National Flag. Is it not ironical that the militar.t like -"BriUshers Quit £ndla" and "Do or Die" rent the air. This groups nctlve in diiTerent parts ofthe country who also refuse to movement had Its share of controversies too. Tbc rc.ie of the uphold the ~fltionnl Flag and the Constitution nre punished by .
Communist Party offndlu has always been scrut:nised h1.;how that .
death or Imprisonment. whereas the RSS doing the same Is treated under Soviet pressure. llkept aloof. Interestingly. this perception as apostle of patriotism. Golwalkor while addressing a Gumpumima lingers In spite of the fact that Communists. under their banner. gathering in Nagpur. on July 14. 1946. said thnt it ,,·ns thesaiTron .
launched powerful and lnnotratlve cultural as well as political ~ flag, whlch. represented their culture. lt was the embodiment of God. .
movements. r. · "We nrrnly believe that in the end. the \\'hole nntion will b,,,,. before However, It Is surprising thatthe role of the Rasbtrlya Seve Sftfh this saiTron Oag." (Shrl Curu}l-Samayar Darslum. \',,J_I I'·/,\ F.,·~n {RSS), which Is a vocal daimant of natlonalism has not been \i after Independence. It was the RSS. which refu!>cd to ,Jl'Ct!pttt as the .
1.
properly scrutinised. A perusal of the documents relating to that era National Flag. Golwalkar while discussing the Issue nl ihe National published or authored officially by people connected with the RS~ Flag under the heading. "Drifting artd drifting" in Huuch Of Thought .
clearly present an unfortunate picture. The RSS not only kept afoof says. ~For example. our leaders have set up a new Oag for our .
from the Quit India Movement but also other anti-British movements country. \Vhy did thcr do so? lt is just n cnsc ofdnftin~ nnd of the Twenties. Thirties and Forties. It malntained a distance from Imitating. Ours is an ancient and great nation with a glorluu.c; past. Azad Hind Fauj trials of martyrs Hke Bhagat Singh and the Royal Then. had we no flag of our own? Had we no national emblem at all .
Indian Navy Mutiny. . these thousands of years? Undoubtedly we had. Then why thls >oid In fact. the issue came to the fore last Matchwhen the Prlme this uttcr \'acuum in our minds?" lpp.2 37· 23~\. .
Mlnlster In the presence ofRSS chief. Rajlnder Singh. released a Importantly. one of the reasons. for which the RSS was bennE'r:~l Flag_. ·""freedom Ogbter imd the (ounder of the RSS, Dr. K. B. Hedgewar." The issue was so crucial th~tt when a move was init:atl'rl by G lew During the freedom struggle. Hedgewar went tb jail only twice and sympathlsers of the RSS within the Congress to lift the: !:Jan. the .
l~ both timeS at the call of the Congress. He went to jail the first time for Home Ministry. through a communique dated :-\ovember 1-t. 1 fC'II~l\\ ~~ .
narrated ln the biography. "he l ,tabllshed close relations with all and for reasons already explained above. the Govemml'nt t'l' to,h:\ leadenand activists ln the prison, explained the w.ork ofthe Sangh nnds Itself u na:ble to ad\'ise provincial gO\'Crnments to un t ht' t-~n to them and obtained promise ofcooperation for work ln future. He The Prime Minister. therefore. de'cllned the lntcr>lew whk h cameoutof the prison only after making plahsfor a blgleap for work Golwalknr sought... The Government of Indln dcddtd h' l!n th("-N..'\t\ expansion". (p.21) This clearly shows that Hedgewar chose to go to on RSS on July 11. 1949. only when Golwalknr gn,·e tlw .
)aUnot because bewas convinced of ~the cause but In order to break-undertaking to be loyal to the Constitution nnd re~>pl'.
(He3gewQ.r). This '' ·\.
give independenc-e and the sangb should not Lag behlnd. Atthat~ \:1 1 ' ; ~11 worked with the inspiration to free the country lw lht\\\\ ~\\~\ \~\ .
.
time, when a gentleman told doctor)I that be was ready to·8d oftlw f\,y,\~\1\WH\\' .
.
the attitude of the RSS towards Quit Indla Movement oU~l; one .' .
should go through the following statement ofGolwalkel\ ~''therels · country through defending religion and culr\tfl~ 1h~'(~\ \~ \\\\ .
.
mention ofdeparture of Brltlsh In that.· (Sltl'l I :urttll M~;Wr,\ bad news of the struggle. The boys became mllitant after ~·1920-"f~ Darshan Vol. 4. p.2). When people like Ohn~l\t Mll·~\h, ~1\\\i.\\\\,-._~\\\\.\ .
21 movement. lt Is not an attempt to throw mud at·t¥"~en. But l Sukhdev were sacr!Oclng their lives n~n lrhtlhc l\111 1 . ._11 1\\,\\,~ ''\\\ .
.
these are Inevitable products afler the struggle. Tht ma_tle.t 1.8 that il the consideration of coste find religion; tlwl1' ''1 11' l'f''llh'> \\-\1\\ \\ .
we could not properly control these results. After 1942, people often \' not want to annoy the British rulers. 'I h1 h"''' 1 \l\\1\ \i \\1\\ \_\ .
.
started thlnklng that there was no need to think of the law". (lbtd, very people art· '.'1!.! greatest clolmnnl 111th1 I''IITh\\il 111\1~ \h,\\\\\\W\·:.\ .
p 41) Shri Gurujl continues. ''In 1942 also there was strona ..~ face of the country. .
s~nUment ln'th" hearts of many. At that time too the roli~nework of \_ .
th Sangh continued and the Sangh decided not to do a;lng. ,on... , ..
dl;ectly." (Ibid. .41 ). No publication of the Sangh thro~ tal ~ ·.
.
eat work the organls.a.tloo did Indirectly. Howev . ~no.
h t~r It to know what was this routine work. It was to sharpen .
aand .aghgrBavl~l eh regularly rewarded them. Owing the l3rttlsh'·rule..
.
j 1~1 cu t the division between Hindus and Muslims. And for .
thls. t e r s M 11 League ever faced anY banl .
neither the RSS nor the ·us !~the RSS bated anything which .
During the freedom strugg e ofthe'Indian peopleagainst the .
symbolised the united v~g~lcolourts most pertlnent.IilDecember .
~ bore session, adoptedPllma S\\'laraj as.
.
Brlttsh rule. The case o I on the people to observe January 26, .
'.
··1929, the Congress. at ts a .
the national goa!and calledbpn lng the Tricolour. In response to .
19 30 as Independence Day Y y ----.
)>.
.
w .
.
.
' .
'-.
\.
.
1:. .
.
.