Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar
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Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar, popularly known as Guruji, was the second sarasanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Madhav 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.
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 Swami Akhandananda, a direct disciple of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and gurubhai of Swami Vivekananda.
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.
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.
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[1]. Sadashiv Golwalkar was the name of his father. He was a teacher. The name of his mother was Lakhshami Bai.
He was called "Madhu" by his parents and friends.
Golwalkar died of cancer on June 5, 1973.
[edit] References
- ^ Decline of the Left in India,South Asia Analysis Group
Sheshadri H. V.; Shri Guruji, A Life Sketch; Jalandhar, 2006
[edit] External links
- About Guruji
- Guruji Writings
- About Guruji in English, Hindi and Marathi
- Bunch of Thoughts - Compilation of Guruji's Speeches and Writings
- Was Guru Golwalkar a Nazi ?, Disowning Golwalkar’s We by Koenraad Elst
- Biography
| Preceded by: Keshav Baliram Hedgewar |
Sarsanghchalak of the RSS 1940 – 1973 |
Succeeded by: Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras |
| Organisations: | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - Vishva Hindu Parishad - Bharatiya Janata Party - Bajrang Dal - Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad - Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh - Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh |
| Major figures: | K.B. Hedgewar - Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar - Syama Prasad Mookerjee - Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Praveen Togadia |
| Related: | Hindutva - Hindu nationalism - Integral humanism - Ram Janmabhoomi - India Shining |
| Brahmo Samaj · Arya Samaj · Ramakrishna Mission · Gandhism · Hindutva |
| Important figures and authors |
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| Sri Aurobindo ·Ananda Coomaraswamy · Alain Daniélou ·Koenraad Elst ·David Frawley ·Sita Ram Goel ·M. S. Golwalkar · Mahatma Gandhi · The Mother ·Harsh Narain ·Swami Prabhupada · V. D. Savarkar · Swami Sivananda · Arun Shourie · Ram Swarup · Rabindranath Tagore · B. G. Tilak ·Yogananda · Raja Ram Mohun Roy · Debendranath Tagore ·Keshub Chandra Sen ·Dayananda Saraswati · Ramakrishna · Vivekananda · |
