On Vijayadashami 1933, Dr K. B. Hedgewar gave the annual address at the gathering in Nagpur. This page summarises what was reported about it.
The day
- Date: 28 September 1933 — the calendar date of Vijayadashami; our sources do not record the exact day of the gathering
- Place: Nagpur
- Address by: Dr K. B. Hedgewar
What the address covered
Rakesh Sinha writes that about a thousand swayamsevaks marched in Nagpur on Vijayadashami 1933. The Bhonsle Raja, Babarao Savarkar and Dr B. S. Moonje attended. Sinha places this during the 1932-34 confrontation with the Central Provinces government. He says that after this Vijayadashami many Wardha District Council teachers and employees were suspended for taking part in RSS activities.
Context
Attended by the Bhonsle Raja, Babarao Savarkar and Moonje. Followed by suspensions of local-body employees in Wardha.
How sure is this?
This account rests mainly on one source, listed below; details may be incomplete. Most accounts of these early years come from biographies written within the movement.
In the archive
Sources & copyright status
- Rakesh Sinha, Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (Publications Division)
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