Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
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| Indian Workers Union | |
| Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh | |
| Founded | July 23, 1955 |
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| Members | 7.6 million |
| Country | India |
| Affiliation | Independent |
| Key people | Girish Awasthi, president |
| Office location | New Delhi, India |
| Website | www.bms.org.in |
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (Indian Workers Union), is the largest central trade union organization in India. It was founded by Dattopantji Thengdi on July 23, 1955, which also happens to the birthday of Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
BMS itself claims to have over 8.3 million members. At present it is estimated around 5860 unions are affiliated to BMS, with a membership of around 7 639 000. It can also be noted that BMS is not affiliated to any International Trade Union Confederation.
For individual unions affiliated to BMS, see BMS-affiliated unions.
Girish Awasthi is the current president of the organizaton, and Uday Rao Patwardhan its General Secretary.
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| 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 |
