Back माधव सदाशिव गोलवलकर Hindi മാധവ സദാശിവ ഗോൾവൽക്കർ Malayalam माधव गोळवलकर Marathi ਐਮ.ਐਸ. ਗੋਲਵਲਕਰ Punjabi Голвалкар, Мадхав Садашив Russian माधव सदाशिवराव गोलवलकर Sanskrit M. S. Golvalkar Albanian மாதவ சதாசிவ கோல்வால்கர் Tamil మాధవ్ సదాశివ్ గోల్వాల్కర్ Tegulu مادھوراؤ سداشیوراؤ گولولکر Urdu
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Madhav Sadashivrao Golwalkar | |
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| 2nd Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh | |
| In office 21 June 1940 – 5 June 1973 | |
| Preceded by | K. B. Hedgewar |
| Succeeded by | Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras |
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| Born | Madhav Sadashivrao Golwalkar 19 February 1906 Ramtek, Central Provinces and Berar, British India |
| Died | 5 June 1973 (aged 67) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India |
| Education | BSc, MSc, LL.B. |
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Madhav Sadashivrao Golwalkar (19 February 1906 – 5 June 1973), popularly known as Guruji, was the second Sarsanghchalak ("Chief"[1]) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Golwalkar is considered one of the most influential and prominent figures among Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh by his followers.
He was the first person to put forward the concept of a cultural nation called Hindu Rashtra which is believed to have evolved into the concept of the Akhand Bharat Theory, united nations for Bharatiyas. Golwalkar was one of the early Hindu nationalist thinkers in India.[2][3] Golwalkar authored the book We, or Our Nationhood Defined.[4][5][6] Bunch of Thoughts is a compilation of his speeches.[7]
- ^ Jaffrelot, Hindu Nationalist Movement 1996, p. 39.
- ^ Hansen, Thomas Blom (1999). "Imagining the Hindu Nation". The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India. Princeton University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-691-00671-0. JSTOR j.ctt7s2fq. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ Ramchandra Guha (26 November 2006). "The guru of hate". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ Jaffrelot, Hindu Nationalist Movement 1996, p. 52-58.
- ^ Noorani, The RSS and the BJP 2000, p. 18-23.
- ^ "Narendra Modi on Guruji Golwalkar, translated by Aakar Patel – Part 1". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ Bunch of Thoughts (PDF). The Hindu Centre. 1960. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.