K. S. Sudarshan

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K. S. Sudarshan was an Indian activist and ideological leader who served as the Sarsanghchalak (chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), shaping its direction in the early 21st century.

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Label Occurrences
K. S. Sudarshan canonical 3
Kuppahalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindutva ideologue
Indian activist
Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
human
ageAtJoiningRSS 9
becamePracharakOf Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1931-06-18
dateOfDeath 2012-09-15
educatedAt Sagar University
endTimeAsSarsanghchalak 2009-03
familyName Sudarshan
fieldOfStudy telecommunication engineering
givenName Kuppahalli
heldPostInRSS Akhil Bharatiya Boudhik Pramukh (chief of intellectual wing)
Akhil Bharatiya Sharirik Pramukh (chief of physical training)
ideology Hindu nationalism
joinedOrganization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
knownFor advocacy of cultural nationalism
emphasis on swadeshi economics
leading RSS in early 21st century
strong criticism of Western cultural influence
movement Hindu nationalism
surface form: Hindutva
name K. S. Sudarshan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kuppahalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan
notableWorkArea ideological training within RSS
organizational consolidation of RSS
occupation activist
ideologue
social worker
organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
placeOfBirth British India
Central Provinces
surface form: Central Provinces and Berar

Raipur
placeOfDeath Raipur
positionHeld Sarsanghchalak
surface form: Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
precededBy Rajendra Singh
regionOfActivity India
religion Hinduism
servedAs RSS pracharak in Jabalpur
RSS pracharak in Madhya Bharat
Hindu Jagran Manch
surface form: RSS pracharak in Raigarh

RSS pracharak in Uttar Pradesh
spokeLanguage English
Hindi
Kannada
startTimeAsSarsanghchalak 2000-03
succeededBy Mohan Bhagwat
yearBecamePracharak 1954
yearJoinedRSS 1940

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Sarsanghchalak notableOfficeHolder K. S. Sudarshan
K. S. Sudarshan name K. S. Sudarshan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kuppahalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan
Mohan Bhagwat predecessor K. S. Sudarshan