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Hedgewar also held weekly sessions of what he called baudhik (ideological education), consisting of simple questions to the novices concerning the Hindu nation and its history and heroes, especially warrior king Shivaji. Hindu ceremonies and rituals played a large role in the organisation, not so much for religious observance, but to provide awareness of India's glorious past and to bind the members in a religious communion. He recruited energetic Hindu youth with revolutionary fervour, gave them a uniform of a black forage cap, khaki shirt (later white shirt) and khaki shorts-emulating the British police-and taught them paramilitary techniques with lathi (bamboo staff), sword, javelin, and dagger. Hedgewar believed that a handful of British were able to rule over the vast country of India because Hindus were disunited, lacked valour ( pararkram) and lacked a civic character. Savarkar's Hindutva, published in Nagpur in 1923, and meeting Savarkar in the Ratnagiri prison in 1925, Hedgewar was extremely influenced by him, and he founded the RSS with the objective of strengthening Hindu society. According to the official RSS history, he came to realise that revolutionary activities alone were not enough to overthrow the British. Īfter returning to Nagpur, Hedgewar organised anti-British activities through the Kranti Dal (Party of Revolution) and participated in independence activist Tilak's Home Rule campaign in 1918. The secretive methods of these societies were eventually used by him in organising the RSS. Hedgewar became a member of the Anushilan Samiti, an anti-British revolutionary group, getting into its inner circle. Moonje had sent Hedgewar to Calcutta to pursue his medical studies and to learn combat techniques from the secret revolutionary societies of the Bengalis. Moonje, a Tilakite Congressman, Hindu Mahasabha politician and social activist from Nagpur. RSS was founded in 1925 by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, a doctor in the city of Nagpur, British India. 7.3 Involvement in the Babri Masjid demolition.3.8 Decolonisation of Dadra, Nagar Haveli, and Goa.3.6 Opposition to the Constitution of India.3.5 Opposition to the National Flag of India.The RSS was banned once during British rule, and then thrice by the post-independence Indian government, first in 1948 when Nathuram Godse, an erstwhile member of RSS, assassinated Mahatma Gandhi then during The Emergency (1975–1977) and for a third time after the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992. Gradually, RSS grew into a prominent Hindu nationalist umbrella organisation, spawning several affiliated organisations that established numerous schools, charities, and clubs to spread its ideological beliefs. It drew initial inspiration from European right-wing groups during World War II, such as the Italian Fascist Party. The organisation promotes the ideals of upholding Indian culture and the values of a civil society and spreads the ideology of Hindutva, to "strengthen" the Hindu community. The initial impetus was to provide character training through Hindu discipline and to unite the Hindu community to form a Hindu Rashtra (Hindu nation). As of 2014, it has a membership of 5–6 million. The RSS is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar (the "family of the RSS"), which have presence in all facets of the Indian society. 'National Volunteer Organisation') is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation. RSS IAST: Rāṣṭrīya Svayamsevaka Saṅgha, Hindi pronunciation:, lit.