Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Members - Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (Marathi: ) (February 19, 1906 - June 5, 1973), popularly known as Pujyaniya Guruji, was the second "Sarsanghchalak" (supreme chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Shri Golwalkar was born on 19 February 1906 at Ramtek near Nagpur, Maharashtra, and was the only surviving son among the nine children of his parents. He was the son of Sadashivrao, a school teacher and Lakshmibai. He spent his childhood in Nagpur.Sadshivrao his father had suffered an era of poverty in his early days. Madhav was brilliant from childhood only, irrespective of living in adverse conditions he mastered over languages like Hindi and English. He was so power full in English Language that he had read Shakespeare in full while he was in primary education. Shri Golwalkar completed his Bachelor of Science in 1926 and Master of Science degree 1928 with first class in Zoology at Banaras Hindu University founded by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.He had also tried to do thesis on Marine Life but was not able to complete due to inability of finance. Later he became a teacher (Guruji in Hindi) at BHU, a name which stuck to him for the rest of his life. Golwalkar came in contact with the Ramakrishna Mission at . Later, on the expiry of his teaching term, he returned to Nagpur and by 1935, completed his study of law and also obtained L.L.B. Degree. On 13 January 1937 Guruji was initiated into the Ramakrishna Order by Swami Akhandananda, a direct disciple of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and gurubandhu of Swami Vivekananda. Shri Golwalkar eventually received his 'diksha' and became a sanyasi. In the meantime, Bhaiyyaji Dani, a student at BHU and a close associate of RSS sarsanghachalak K. B. Hedgewar, started an RSS shakha (branch). Golwalkar joined the R... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1830042