On Vijayadashami 1958, M. S. Golwalkar gave the annual address at the gathering in Nagpur, where the chief guest was Gurudutt. This page summarises what was reported about it.
The day
- Date: 21 October 1958 — the calendar date of Vijayadashami; our sources do not record the exact day of the gathering
- Place: Nagpur
- Address by: M. S. Golwalkar
- Chief guest: Gurudutt
What the address covered
Golwalkar (per the Samagra summary) urged a will to win, contrasting it with the Rajputs' readiness to die. He argued that the British left because of international circumstances rather than Indian strength. He criticised the 1958 Nehru–Noon agreement on the Pakistan border and reported Pakistani incursions on the Assam border soon after it. He questioned the loyalty of Christians, Muslims and Communists, telling an anecdote about a Kerala communist minister going to Moscow for instructions. He called Indian citizenship 'cheap' and also deplored student unrest in education.
Context
Criticised the Nehru–Noon agreement.
How sure is this?
This account rests mainly on one source, listed below; details may be incomplete. For these years the main source is the organisation's own compilation of Golwalkar's talks (Shri Guruji Samagra), which prints edited summaries rather than verbatim transcripts.
In the archive
Sources & copyright status
- Shri Guruji Samagra Vol. 5, 'Vijayadashami 1958'
- Organiser (Webdesk), RSS Vijayadashami guest list since 1925 (23 Oct 2026)
- ThePrint, MS Golwalkar, the RSS chief who remains 'Guruji' to some, a 'bigot' to others
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