Vijayadashami 1965 Address — M. S. Golwalkar विजयादशमी १९६५

The day

• Date: 4 October 1965 — 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: Shrimant Fattesinghrao (Bhonsle) of Nagpur

What the address covered

This address came days after the September 1965 ceasefire with Pakistan. Per Shri Guruji Samagra, Golwalkar called the 1947 partition India's greatest defeat. He praised the government's new firmness and the army's sacrifices, contrasting the war with the humiliation of 1962. He regretted that the advance towards Lahore and Sialkot was halted under UN pressure and said the wish to see India reunited was just. He also argued that Pakistan's hostility would end only with its end, and noted China's threats during the war. The address included disparaging remarks about the ancestors of Indian Muslims.

Context

Address on the 1965 India–Pakistan war.

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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