आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

(1915–1996) Third sarsanghchalak
(“Supreme Leader”) of the Rashtriya
Svayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a conservative Hindu organization whose express
purpose is to provide the leadership
cadre for a revitalized Hindu India. The
RSS is a highly autocratic organization
that lays great stress on obedience to
authority, thus the sarsanghchalak
wields virtually complete power over it.
During Deoras’s tenure from 1973 to
1994, he took a much more activist
stance than his predecessor, M.S.
Golwalkar, particularly in promoting
the growth of the RSS’s affiliate organizations, in giving the RSS an orientation to
social service, and in actively seeking to
recruit members and establish shakhas
(branches) in all parts of the country. For
further information see Walter K.
Andersen and Shridhar D. Damle, The
Brotherhood in Saffron, 1987; Tapan
Basu et al., Khaki Shorts and Saffron
Flags, 1993; and Christophe Jaffrelot,
The Hindu Nationalist Movement in
India, 1996.