Greetings! I, Dr Nitish Bharadwaj,
welcome you
to the new episode of 'Kesariya @ 100'.
The Zee Group has brought this documentary series to you.
The one who became the chief after Balasaheb Deoras
was a thin and calm youngster
until his college days.
But his personality changed after one incident.
"One colour, one union, one mind, one vow."
"One voice, one song, one melody, one mantra."
'Victory to... - Mother India!'
"One colour, one union, one mind, one vow."
"One voice, one song, one melody, one mantra."
"One vision, one ideology,"
"we have just one goal."
"One goal!"
"It's our pride and honour,"
"our country dwells in our very soul."
"Your nation calls, adorn it with your love sincere."
"With faith and courage, in serving our nation, let us persevere."
"Your nation calls, adorn it with your love sincere."
"With faith and courage, in serving our nation, let us persevere."
"Kesariya!"
The premises of the University of Allahabad.
That day, an Anglo-Indian and a thin boy were arguing.
The Anglo-Indian said,
'Gandhi is absolutely wrong. He is fighting for himself.'
The youngster said,
'Mr Gandhi is right.'
The Anglo-Indian got angry after listening to that youngster.
He punched that youngster.
That thin youngster couldn't compete with that strong Anglo-Indian.
But after six months,
they came face to face once again.
But this time,
the Anglo-Indian had to pay a big price for insulting Mr Gandhi.
Before the Anglo-Indian could complete his argument,
that youngster punched him several times.
The Anglo-Indian ran away.
But how did this happen?
Six months ago, after getting punched by the Anglo-Indian,
that boy started going to the gym. He exercised.
His studies did get affected,
but he made himself strong.
And then, he settled scores with the Anglo-Indian.
Later, he excelled in studies, too.
Giving befitting replies became that youngster's identity.
Who was that youngster?
It was not anybody else,
but Rajendra Singh, a student of the University of Allahabad.
Later, he became a professor at the same university.
He became the chief of the RSS.
He was popularly known as 'Rajju Bhaiya'.
'Look at the irony!'
'On 30th January, 1948,'
'Mr Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi.'
'And five days later, Rajju Bhaiya,'
'the one who got punched and fought back later'
'when Mr Gandhi was insulted,'
'was arrested on the morning of 5th February.'
Professor Rajendra Singh, alias Rajju Bhaiya
was a dear student of the famous scientist, Sir CV Raman.
Mr Raman wanted to take him to Bengaluru.
But Rajendra Singh went to Nagpur
as a volunteer of the RSS.
He was an active member of the Sangh
and also modern physics for years at the University of Allahabad.
Professor Rajju Bhaiya
received merely Rs 200 as his first salary being a professor.
Today, it is equivalent to Rs 200,000.
Prayag was struck by flood at that time.
Rajju Bhaiya gave his first salary to Tej Bahadur Sapru
to help the flood victims.
On the second day, the local newspapers published this news.
'Let's watch some glimpses of his personality.'
Tell me, what brings you here?
I just returned from Kerala.
If you don't mind, I would like to say something about that.
Yes, tell me.
Kerala is getting a lot of money from foreign countries
in the form of charity.
A mosque has been built there.
The cost of building that masjid was Rs 100,000.
But they received Rs 3 million for its maintenance,
that, too, from foreign countries.
Bhaiyaji, your information is right.
I am aware of this, too.
Why didn't you take action?
We are discussing it.
I have spoken to the government, too.
What is this money being used for?
I will talk to the government about this.
Bhaiyaji, your devotion
and care towards the country
is worth praising and appreciating.
It was a pleasure meeting you.
It didn't matter who ran the government.
For Rajju Bhaiya, the country's welfare
and protection of Hindus were the most important.
He used to speak frankly with everyone.
In 1989, at the centre,
with the support of the BJP and the Communist Party,
VP Singh became the Prime Minister.
In the RSS, Rajju Bhaiya's stature grew.
Both of them were from Allahabad.
On 2nd August, 1990,
Iraq attacked Kuwait.
Later, the Indian Government
decided to rescue the Indians stranded there.
Rajju Bhaiya went to meet
Prime Minister VP Singh to discuss this.
Something is bothering me.
What is the problem? Tell me.
We'll find a solution to that.
The way you helped the Indians stuck in Kuwait,
we should help the displaced people of Kashmir.
Are you opposing the people who returned from Kuwait?
I am not opposing them. - Then why are you objecting?
I have no objection.
Your decisions should be balanced.
You shouldn't be partial.
They have to run away from their homes to save their lives.
Don't you feel nobody is thinking
about their grief and problems?
Don't you think that it is the duty
of the Indian Government to help them?
'Rajju Bhaiya's advice of being impartial'
'was not accepted by VP Singh.'
'On 15th August, from the ramparts of the Red Fort,'
'he made his first and last speech.'
During Professor Rajju Bhaiya's tenure,
the BJP government was formed for the first time at the centre.
During his tenure,
when a cyclone hit Odisha,
once again, the RSS
showed how it believed in selfless service.
'Odisha Super Cyclone, 1999.'
'The most powerful storm of the century'
'hit the coast of Odisha'
'on 29th October, 1999.'
'Super Cyclonic Storm.'
'In the 20th century, this was the most intense'
'tropical cyclone'
'in the Northern Indian Ocean.'
'It originated from the Bay of Bengal.'
'It intensified'
'and moved at a speed of 260 kilometres per hour,'
'hitting the coastal areas of Odisha,'
'especially, Paradip'
'and the Diviseema Island,'
'which faced a lot of destruction.'
'Waves as high as 30 feet were recorded in this cyclone'
'which destroyed all the coastal villages.'
The Sangh volunteers rendered outstanding service
during this disaster.
On the one hand, the influence of the RSS was growing,
while on the other, Rajju Bhaiya's health
was continuously deteriorating.
But his commitment and dedication
towards the RSS always remained strong.
At the end, Rajju Bhaiya did the same thing
that Balasaheb Deoras did.
While alive, he quit the post of the chief of the RSS.
On 14th July, 2003,
Rajju Bhaiya passed away in Pune.
His last rites were performed there.
The then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
Deputy Prime Minister, Lal Krishna Advani
and many cabinet ministers, governors and chief ministers
were present there.
After Rajju Bhaiya, Mr Sudarshan
took charge as the chief
of the 'Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh'.
'A telecommunications engineer by profession,'
'Kuppahalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan,'
'became the fifth chief of the RSS'
'on 10th March, 2000.'
'If a Hindu says that India belongs to the Hindus,'
'their intentions are questioned.'
'They are maligned.'
'Islamists believed that all Muslims in the world were brothers.'
'They had one community.'
'In this way, an attempt was made to neutralise their nationality.'
'But Muslim countries like Syria, Iraq,'
'Iran and Egypt separated.'
'On the basis of their nationality,'
'Islam was divided into groups.'
'Islam was divided into 33 branches.'
'Why was it divided?'
'It is clear that a country'
'isn't a political concept.
'It is a cultural concept.'
The 'Atharvaveda' says...
'Inspired by public welfare,'
'the enlightened sages'
'meditated. And that meditation'
'created a national deity endowed with strength and vigour.'
'Come, let's worship this national deity.'
It was believed that he studied Islam deeply.
He had strong connections and contacts
with some people from the Muslim community.
Mr Sudarshan was the inspiration
behind the formation of the 'Muslim Rashtriya Manch'.
He used to meet the members of both
the Muslim and Christian communities.
Once, he visited a Catholic church to meet the Christians
because the Christian priests refused to come to the RSS's office.
He used to have discussions with the Protestants, too.
He wanted to solve the Ayodhya temple matter through talks.
So, attempts were made to make that possible in his tenure.
And was the one who initiate it.
'On 26th January, 2001,'
'Gujarat was hit by a powerful earthquake.'
'India was celebrating its 52nd Republic Day.'
'And at 8:46 am,'
'Gujarat's Kutch District,'
'especially, Bhuj and Bhachau Taluks'
'were hit by strong earthquakes.'
'The magnitude was 7.7 on the Richter scale'
'and its epicentre'
'was near Chobari Village of Bhachau Taluk.'
'In this tragedy,'
'more than 20,000 people lost their lives.'
'And more than 1,60,000 people'
'were injured.'
'A city like Bhuj'
'almost turned into ruins.'
In this calamity,
under the leadership of Mr Sudarshan,
the RSS volunteers played a major role.
Whenever our country faces any problem,
the RSS volunteers are the first to respond.
They are our unsung heroes.
Without any expectations,
they work selflessly,
without expecting any monetary benefit in return.
They are not greedy for praise and appreciation.
They prefer to work in silence
because this is the prominent emotion
of the RSS.
'Mr Sudarshan was born in Raipur.'
'And he passed away also in Raipur.'
'That was where he became an RSS volunteer, too.'
'In his life's journey,'
'Raipur was the epicentre.'
'He was an engineer. And he passed away'
'on Engineer's Day'
'on 15th September, 2012.'
'But before that,'
'on 21st March, 2009,'
'he quit the position due to health reasons'
'and handed over the position'
'of the chief of the RSS'
'to Mohan Rao Bhagwat.'
It was a long journey from a volunteer to the chief.
Volunteers have to go through many arduous tests.
But the journey of becoming a volunteer again from the chief
takes only a moment.
Just as dewdrops from a lotus gently fall into the water,
there was no attempt or sound.
'The present chief of the RSS,'
'Dr Mohan Rao Bhagwat is a veterinary doctor.'
'Like a skilled doctor,'
'he is trying to solve the problems of the country.'
'Bhagwat became the pioneer of many changes in the RSS.'
'During his tenure, the uniform of the RSS was changed.'
'And that happened after consulting all stakeholders.'
Balasaheb Deoras, Rajju Bhaiya, KC Sudarshan...
All of them offered their lives to serve the country,
so that nation kept growing.
They are among those martyrs
who, through the RSS,
worked selflessly for the country.
Many of them have sacrificed their lives
for this sacred cause.
'The Tricolour flies on the Red Fort in Delhi today.'
'But there was a time'
'when the Tricolour did not wave on Srinagar's Lal Chowk.'
'Here, they believed in two emblems,'
'two constitutions and two Prime Ministers.'
'The root cause of this was Article 370.'
'There was a time when Indians from the mainland'
'had to apply for a permit to visit Kashmir.'
'This was not only funny,'
'but also insulting'
'because Kashmir was an integral part of India.'
'To oppose these double standards,'
'a movement began.'
'But it was Shyama Prasad Mukherjee'
'who started this movement'
'and sacrificed his life.'
'This is the heroic story'
'of this great martyr.'
'Shyama Prasad Mukherjee'
'started a great battle to get Article 370,'
'pertaining to Kashmir's autonomy, abolished.'
'In the year 1953, he declared'
'that he would go to Kashmir without any permit.'
'But the law at that time stated'
'that no Indian from outside Kashmir'
'could go to Kashmir without a permit'
'and an identification card.'
'But Shyama Prasad's decision was firm.'
'He proceeded towards Kashmir with his team.'
'But the police arrested him on the way.'
'While legal efforts were being made to free him,'
'on 30th June, there was news'
'that Dr Mukherjee passed away in the hospital.'
'But it is believed'
'that his death was not natural.'
'Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee's sacrifice'
'was no less than heroic and inspiring.'
'First, it was'
'the first chief of the RSS, Dr Hedgewar,'
'who dedicated his entire life to the motherland.'
'The second chief,'
'Guru Golwalkar,'
'who was the only child of his parents,'
'also devoted his entire life to the country.'
'And the Deoras brothers, Balasaheb and Bhaurao, too,'
'spent their entire lives serving the country.'
Being the chief of the RSS
is about devoting your life in service of the nation.
This tradition followed by the chiefs
was also followed by the ordinary volunteers.
From Punjab to Kerala, from the Northeast to Bengal to Goa,
people from the Sangh kept devoting their lives to the nation.
'In those days, there was terrorism in Punjab.'
'Despite that, in different parts of the states,'
'the RSS conducted meetings.'
'This probably bothered the terrorists.'
'Who can forget what happened in Moga on that fateful morning?
'In the city's Nehru Park, there was a meeting like every day.'
'Some terrorists attacked the gathering.'
'The terrorists kept telling them to remove the flag,'
'but no volunteer was willing to do that.'
'Then, the angered terrorists'
'started shooting the volunteers.'
'In just a few minutes, 25 volunteers were martyred.'
'The volunteers treated the saffron flag as their guru,'
'and they laid down their lives as an honorarium.'
'With the same emotion, at the same time next morning,'
'in the same Nehru Park of Moga,'
'the RSS volunteers met again'
'and nearly 100 of them came for the gathering.'
'After the massacre at Moga, Nehru Park'
'was renamed as Shaheedi Park.'
'A memorial was also built there.'
'Its foundation was laid by the Late Bhaurao Deoras.'
'It was inaugurated by the chief,'
'Rajju Bhaiya.'
28th April, 1969.
The first political murder took place in Kerala on that day.
The name of that RSS volunteer was Ramakrishnan.
Who was the murderer? Nobody knows about it to date.
But the name of a prominent leader in Kerala politics today,
Pinarayi Vijayan,
was doing the rounds at the time.
In the Ramakrishnan murder case, the FIR filed by the Kannur Police
named him the main accused.
'But then, the court acquitted him.'
'Kannur, where Ramakrishnan was murdered,'
'was earlier known as Kannan.'
'Kannan means Lord Krishna in Malayalam.'
'This is a coincidence'
'that Kannur District later became'
'a battleground for the RSS and the communists.'
'Many RSS volunteers were killed by the communists.'
'Their names have been written'
'on the Wall of Martyrs.'
In Kerala, the RSS volunteers
had to fight an intense battle against the communists.
Many volunteers sacrificed their lives.
Words aren't enough to describe what they went through.
In Bengal and north-eastern states, too,
many volunteers lost their lives while implementing the principles,
pledge and teachings of the RSS.
'In Tripura, four RSS volunteers'
'were kidnapped and killed.'
'This was perhaps the first incident'
'involving the kidnapping of RSS volunteers.'
'In Thane District of Maharashtra,'
'in the Talasari tribal area,'
'the communists tried to obstruct the social work done by the RSS.'
'Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand,'
'Telangana and in almost every state of India,'
'RSS volunteers were attacked.'
'This was like an offering made by RSS volunteers'
'in the holy fire that was lit by Dr Hedgewar'
'though his numerous sacrifices.'
The RSS volunteers made two types of sacrifices.
They either laid down their lives or devoted them to the nation.
There have been many people in the RSS
who, despite having a good education,
ignored the natural expectations of their parents
and left their families to become RSS volunteers.
They chose to serve Mother India.
Thanks to their sacrifices,
the RSS could grow throughout the country.
In many places, the work of the RSS continued.
This is the reason why
when someone unaware asks the RSS volunteers
where they work, the volunteers jokingly say,
'We work for the Indian Construction Company.'
It means, they are working to develop India.
The Goa Liberation Movement
was also a part of reconstructing and developing India.
'In 1947, India attained independence.'
'But Goa was still under the Portuguese rule.'
'Another battle had to be fought to free Goa from the Portuguese.'
'The story of the RSS volunteer,'
'Hemant Soman, who was a part of this movement, is interesting.'
'On 15th August, 1954,'
'when Independence Day was being celebrated in Delhi,'
'Hemant Soman protested against the Portuguese rule in Goa'
'and hoisted the tricolour on the Aguada Fort.'
'After this incident, the Portuguese police'
'arrested Hemant Soman.'
'They started thrashing him.'
'At that time, the chief of the 'Gomantak Andolan','
'Peter Alvares, also came there.'
'After this, some newspapers published'
'that Hemant Soman was shot dead.'
'But after a few days,'
'shocking news of Soman being alive was revealed.'
'Later, Soman'
'went to Delhi to meet Prime Minister Nehru.'
'Soman was among those who initiated'
'the Goa Liberation Movement.'
'After seven years, in 1961,'
'Goa was freed from the Portuguese rule'
'and became a part of India.'
The RSS progressed due to the struggle
and efforts of the volunteers.
This is the identity of the RSS, too.
Every organisation and political party
chooses a symbol as their identity,
but the RSS did not have any symbol.
The raging fire of sacrifice and martyrdom
that the RSS is defined by never extinguishes.
'It was a coincidence that Guru Golwalkar's last rites'
'were performed in front of Dr Hedgewar's statue'
'inside the latter's memorial temple.'
'How was Guru Golwalkar's memorial supposed to be built?'
'A fire pit'
'on which a few lines of Saint Tukaram are inscribed.'
'The lines written by Guru Golwalkar in his final letter.'
'Listen to my last prayer, pious friends.'
'Forget me not, O Lord,'
'It is needless to waste words, Thou knowest everything.'
Tukaram says, 'I prostrate at Thy feet,'
'may Thy grace protect me.'
'A photo of Guru Golwalkar performing a veneration'
'became the identity of the RSS.'
On 7th August, 2019,
both houses of the Indian Parliament
decided to abolish Article 370 related to Kashmir,
which was a historic decision.
Thanks to Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee's sacrifice,
a new Kashmir came into being at that moment.
The RSS volunteers have always fought for the country
and not for their religion.
They have always focused on building the country
and not dividing it.
We will discuss this in the next episode.
Don't forget to watch 'Kesariya @ 100'.
Goodbye!
"We think about bringing everyone together."
"With the help of new actions and practices,"
"you must finish incomplete tasks."
"No matter how many problems we face,"
"we must move ahead with no fear."
"We must do great deeds and make our nation proud."
"Your nation calls, adorn it with your love sincere."
"With faith and courage, in serving our nation, let us persevere."
"Why do you seek a ray of light?"
"You have immense hope and courage within yourself."
"Knowledge is your weapon. You are an example of bravery."
"Dreams are your strength. Your thinking drives you."
"You can win over everything in this world."
"Knowledge is your biggest strength."
"Your nation calls, adorn it with your love sincere."
"With faith and courage, in serving our nation, let us persevere."
"Kesariya!"