Vijayadashami 1960 Address — M. S. Golwalkar विजयादशमी १९६०

The day

• Date: 29 September 1960 — 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: V. K. Narasimhan

What the address covered

Per Shri Guruji Samagra, the Shastrapujan address condemned 'peace at any price': the transfer of Berubari, the creation of Nagaland and feared concessions on Kashmir. It called Pakistan's creation the first step of an invasion and said China had entered India despite Panchsheel. In the Vijayadashami address Golwalkar blamed Muslims for attacks on Hindu processions at Firozabad and Yeola and accused the government of partiality. He criticised Congress leaders' dealings with the Muslim League, called the Indus Waters Treaty a defeat and alleged a plot behind the Assam disturbances. He also asserted that riots are always started by Muslims, a sweeping claim.

Context

Indus Waters Treaty and Berubari criticised; communal riot claims.

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.

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