Document of RSS Surrender in Emergency 1975
Document of RSS Surrender in Emergency 1975 Immediately after the Emergency was declared, Indira Gandhi ordered the arrest of numerous ABVP and RSS members. Many evaded capture. RSS chief Balasaheb Deoras was arrested in Nagpur on June 30, 1975. On July 4, 1975, the government banned the RSS, marking its second ban since independence (the first was in 1948 after Gandhi’s assassination, when Sardar Patel banned the RSS and jailed 25,000 activists). Indira Gandhi’s government arrested approximately 44,000 RSS activists, of whom around 80 died in custody. From Yerwada Jail, Balasaheb Deoras wrote a letter of apology to Indira Gandhi, seeking release, but she ignored it. Deoras also wrote to Vinoba Bhave, requesting him to urge Indira to lift the ban and release RSS members. He attempted negotiations through Maharashtra Chief Minister S.B. Chavan. In Bengaluru, Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee were arrested. Vajpayee, citing health reasons, was released on parole and remai...
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