Rajendra Singh (RSS)
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Dr. Rajendra Singh,( डा. राजेंदर सिंह ), called popularly Rajju bhaiyya,( रज्जू भईया )[1], was the former Sarsanghchalak, or chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the largest Hindu nationalist organisation in India.
In the mid-1980s Singh became RSS general secretary and was party to designing the Ram Janmabhoomi strategy.
In 1994 Singh became the first non-Brahmin RSS head and set about "demystifying the secretive organisation and seizing political control"[2]. He was thus a central part of the campaign that "successfully propelled the BJP from relative political obscurity to the centre stage of Indian politics, through a calculated and cynical campaign centred around "Hindutva" or Hindu hegemony."[3]. He resigned his post due to ill-health in 1998, and died in 2003.
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- ^ RSS tones down Hindutva agenda Indian Express- October 20, 1999
- ^ Obituary in The Independent of London http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030725/ai_n12706062
- ^ Obituary in The Independent of London http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030725/ai_n12706062
| Preceded by Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras |
Sarsanghchalak of the RSS 1994 – 1998 |
Succeeded by K. S. Sudarshan |
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