After years of pleas, petitions and toying with the idea of Dominion Status, Congress finally came around to the idea of Complete Independence at its Lahore session in December 1929. It decided that 26 January 1930 be observed as Purna Swaraj Day ..

The hallmark of a true leader is his ability to inspire his followers to emulate him even in his absence. ‘Lead by example, not ‘lead by directive’ was a peculiar trait of Dr Hedgewar. In the absence of any directive from the leader, did the followers ..

Before participating in the satyagraha, Dr Hedgewar made some changes in the organizational set-up...

Where was the Sangh on 26 January 1930? Again, where was it on 26 January 1950? The present article seeks to answer these questions on the basis of contemporary documents in the Sangh archives and news items in the Marathi newspaper Kesari...

Coming from a person who stressed the permanent rather than the transient, it may seem confounding that Hedgewar should relinquish charge of his nascent organization to plunge into a short-term agitation such as the Forest Satyagraha...

A question that is often asked – what role did the Sangh play in our Freedom Movement? This series of articles aims to examine the role of the Sangh in the Civil Disobedience Movement (popularly called Salt Satyagraha) of 1930. We shall lean heavily ..