Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh volunteers took out a route march Friday on Vijaydashmi, which is also its foundation day, in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh.
It was on this day in 1925 that Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar had founded the RSS in Nagpur with a group of five people.
RSS volunteers started their route march from the district court complex and ended it at the same site after passing through parts of the Hamirpur town.
Singing patriotic songs and raising slogans for national unity, RSS workers included young boys and aged persons. Prominent among those present at the main function were former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, BJP MLAs Narendra Thakur and Kamlesh Kumari.
The function was chaired by social activist Rajendra Chauhan, who lauded the role of RSS in national reconstruction.
Manohar Lal, the RSS pracharak of Bilaspur region comprising Bilaspur, Hamirpur and Una districts, said, "RSS is a social organisation working for uniting the people and to make India strong.
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