Bhagwat releases book on former RSS Chief Rajju Bhaiyya

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News Bharati English    04-Mar-2014   
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RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat releasing a book

Mumbai, March 4: RSS Sarasanghachalak Dr Mohanrao Bhagwat released a book on former RSS chief, the late Prof Rajendra Singh alias Rajju Bhaiyya, at a function in suburban Vile Parle on March 1st, evening.

 

The book release function was organized by a leading NGO “Keshavsrushti”. The book titled ‘Prof. Rajendra Singhaji ki Jeevanyatra‘ which is a life story of P P Rajjubhaiya, the fourth Sarsanghchalak of RSS. It is authored by Ratan Sharda, a noted author of the book ‘Demystifying RSS’ who is a leading professional and Vibhag Sanghchalak of Ghatkopar, Mumbai.

 

 

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Former RSS chief Prof Rajendra Singh with his predecessor Balasaheb Deoras

Prof. Rajendra Singh (29 January 1922 – 14 July 2003), popularly known as Rajju Bhaiya, was the fourth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) between 1994 and 2000. He worked as a professor and head of the Department of Physics at Allahabad University but resigned to devote his life to the RSS in the mid-1960s.

 

Like his predecessors he was a firm believer in the concept of swadeshi and empowering rural economy. Initiating the rural developmental activities, he had declared in 1995 that the utmost priority should be given in making the villages hunger-free, disease-free and educative.

 

 

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Bhagwat at book release function

Today, there are over 100 villages where the rural development work done by swayamsevaks has inspired the people of surrounding villages and their experiments are being emulated by those people. He died on 14 July 2003 at Kaushik Ashram in Pune, Maharashtra.