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Mohan Bhagwat
Born	1950 Chandrapur, India
Religion	Hinduism

Mohan Madhukar Bhagawat (born 1950) is the current Sarsanghachalak (Supreme Chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He was chosen as the successor of K. S. Sudarshan in March 2009 .^[1]

Early life[link]

Mohanrao Madhukarrao Bhagwat was born in a small town called Chandrapur in Maharashtra. He comes from a family of RSS activists.^[1] His father Madhukar Bhagwat, was the Karyavaha (secretary) of the Chandrapur zone and had also, worked as Prant Pracharak of Gujarat.^[1] It was Madhukarji, who introduced the senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani into the RSS fold. Mohanrao is the eldest son of his parents and has three brothers and a sister.

He completed his schooling from Lokmanya Tilak Vidyalaya and then his first year BSc from Janata College, both in Chandrapur. He graduated in Veterinary sciences and Animal husbandry from Punjabrao Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. He dropped out of his masters course in veterinary sciences and became a Pracharak (full time worker) of the RSS towards the end of 1975 when the country was under Emergency imposed by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.^[1]

Association with RSS[link]

After working underground during the Emergency, Bhagwat became pracharak of Akola in Maharashtra in 1977 and rose within the organisation to become pracharak of Nagpur and Vidarbha regions.^[1]

He became Akhil Bharatiya Sharirik pramukh, in-charge of physical training for RSS cadres across the country in 1991 and held the post till 1999. That year he was made Akhil Bharatiya Pracharak pramukh, in-charge of RSS volunteers working full time all over country.

In 2000, when Rajendra Singh(RSS) and H. V. Sheshadri decided to step down as RSS chief and general secretary respectively due to poor health, KS Sudarshan was nominated as the new chief and Mohan Bhagwat rose to the post of Sarkaryavaha (General Secretary).

Mohan Bhagwat was elevated as the Sarsanghchalak of the RSS on 21 March 2009. He is one of the youngest leaders to head the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and is seen to be straight forward, humble, pragmatic and with a clear vision to keep the RSS away from politics.^[1]

Views[link]

Mohan Bhagwat is seen as a pragmatic leader and has talked of taking the Hindutva agenda forward with a touch of modernity.^[2] He has stressed on moving on along with the changing times, while keeping the organisation's foundation firm in the rich and old Indian values.^[3] He says that unlike the popular belief that RSS sticks to old beliefs and customs, it has accepted modernisation and has evolved with it to show the right path to the people of the country'.^[3]

On the question of caste disparities in the Hindu society, Bhagwat has said that there should be no scope for untouchability. He has said that the Hindu society, which is founded on the principle of unity in diversity, should address its inherent deficiency of discriminating against its own ilk and that the people of the community should strive to remove such discriminatory attitudes prevalent in society, and a beginning should be made from the homes of every Hindu.^[4]

External links[link]

• Official Website of RSS
• At the Bayarea Hindu Sangam 2006
• at the Hindu Sangam
• Rashtra Raksha Sanchalan
• At Book Release Function of "Jyotipunj"

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Mohan Bhagwat: A vet and RSS pracharak for over 30 years, 21 March 2009, Times of India, [1]
2. ^ RSS names Mohan Bhagwat its new chief: ‘pragmatist’ & friend of Advani, Sunday , March 22, 2009, Indian Express
3. ^ ^{a b} RSS evolves with changing times: Bhagwat, Sunday, November 20, 2005, Press Trust of India, Indian Express
4. ^ Root out discrimination in society, Monday, January 29, 2007, The Hindu [2]

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Praveen Togadia (born in 1957) is the International Working President of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), Hindu religious organization. He is a distinguished cancer surgeon.

The king Togadia has asserted in interviews that he does not mandate violence in the Hindutva Movement, and stressed that he was not against minorities. He claims that VHP is an international organization which speaks for Hindus. He also claims that the majority of the work concerning the emancipation of the lower castes is not done by Christian Missionaries but by Hindu organizations.^[1]

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