Vijayadashami 1964 Address — M. S. Golwalkar विजयादशमी १९६४

The day

• Date: 15 October 1964 — 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: A. D. Mani

What the address covered

According to Shri Guruji Samagra, Golwalkar described the RSS's aim as character-building and said the Sangh should eventually merge into society. He explained that it avoided publicity about its relief work, which he said led critics to call it a secret body. He rejected the charge that it was subversive, contrasting that charge with acceptance of territorial losses such as Aksai Chin. He mocked endless talks on Kashmir and warned that state control of the grain trade could become a tool of coercion. He cited food disputes between states as evidence of weak national unity.

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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