K. B. Hedgewar

Keshav Baliram Hedgewar
1st Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
In office
27 September 1925 – 21 June 1940
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byM. S. Golwalkar
Personal details
Born(1889-04-01)1 April 1889
Nagpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India(Currently in Maharashtra State, India)
Died21 June 1940(1940-06-21) (aged 51)
Nagpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
PartyIndian National Congress (1919-1923)
Hindu Mahasabha
EducationBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Alma materMedical College & Hospital, Calcutta
Occupation
Known forFounder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1 April 1889 – 21 June 1940) was an Indian physician who founded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary organisation, in Nagpur in 1925.

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