The Full form of RSS is Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. RSS is a “National Volunteer/ Patriotic Organization”. It is a Hindu nationalists, right-wing, charitable, educational, Non-Governmental and world largest voluntary non-governmental organization. RSS was formed on 27 September 1925 by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and its ideology is based on the principle of selfless service to India. Hedgewar was heavily influenced by the writings of the Hindu nationalist ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and adopted much of his rhetoric concerning the need for the creation of a “Hindu nation” and he formed the RSS as a disciplined who were dedicated to independence and the protection of Hindu cultural, political and religious interests. Its main motive was to establish a social organization which provides character training through Hindu discipline and to unite the Hindu community. Sometimes, it has been criticized as an extremist organization and as a paramilitary group. It has also been criticized when its member participated in anti-Muslim violence. It was banned during the British rule and three times after independence. It was banned first time in 1948 when a former RSS member Nathu Ram Godse killed Mahatma Gandhi, second time during the emergency (1975-77) and third time after the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992.
