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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the centenary celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as Chief Guest.Â
PM Narendra Modi (Image: PTI/file photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the centenary celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the Chief Guest on October 1, 2025 at Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, at 10:30 am, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
To mark the occasion, the Prime Minister will release a specially designed commemorative postage stamp and coin highlighting the RSS’s contributions to the nation and will also address the gathering.
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Earlier on Sunday, in his Mann Ki Baat address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for its “unprecedented and inspiring” journey, as the organisation completes 100 years on Vijayadashami.
PM Modi said, “This Vijayadashami is very special for another reason. This day marks 100 years of the foundation of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. This journey of a century is as amazing, unprecedented, and inspiring as it is.”
PM Modi, who had earlier been part of the RSS, added that the Sangh was formed amid an identity crisis in India before Independence.
“100 years ago, when the RSS was founded, the country had been bound in the chains of slavery for centuries. This centuries-long slavery had deeply hurt our self-respect and self-confidence. The world’s oldest civilisation was facing an identity crisis. Our citizens were becoming victims of an inferiority complex,” he said.
“The most revered Hedgewar ji founded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami in 1925. After Hedgewar’s passing, Guruji carried forward this great mission of serving the nation,” PM Modi added.
Lauding the teachings of the RSS, the PM praised the Sangh for lnding support for relief work amid a natural disaster in the country.He hailed RSS’ “nation first” approach and offered wishes for the centenary celebrations.
About RSS
As per a communique, RSS was founded in 1925 in Nagpur, Maharashtra, by Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, the RSS was established as a volunteer-based organisation with the goal of fostering cultural awareness, discipline, service, and social responsibility among citizens.
RSS is a unique people-nurtured movement for national reconstruction. Its rise has been seen as a response to centuries of foreign rule, with its continuing growth attributed to the emotional resonance of its vision of India’s national glory, rooted in Dharma.
A core emphasis of the Sangh is on patriotism and national character formation. It seeks to instil devotion to the motherland, discipline, self-restraint, courage, and heroism. The Sangh’s ultimate goal is the “Sarvangeena Unnati” (all-round development) of India, to which every Swayamsevak dedicates himself.
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September 30, 2025, 13:40 IST
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