, New Delhi, microfilmed by Savarkar correspondents.
Official Records and Reports
Government of Bombay. Source Material for a History of the Freedom Movement in India (collected from Bombay government records). Vol. 1: 1881–1885. Bombay: Government Central Press, 1957.
Government of Bombay. Source Material for a History of the Freedom Movement in India (collected from Bombay government records). Vol. 2: 1885–1920. Bombay: Government Central Press, 1958.
Government of the Central Provinces. Central Provinces District Gazeteers: Nagpur District, ed. R. V. Russell. Bombay: Times Press, 1908.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Bye-Election Brochure: House of the People and Legislative Assemblies (1 March 1967 to 31 December 1969), Council of States and Legislative Councils (1 March 1964 to 31 December 1969), An Analysis. Simla: Government of India Press, 1971.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Bye-Elections Brochure (1972): An Analysis: House of the People and Legislative Assemblies, Council of States and Legislative Councils (1 January 1971 to 31 December 1972). Simla: Government of India Press, 1973.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the Fifth General Elections in India, 1971–1972. Vol. 1: Narrative and Reflective Part. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1973.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the Fifth General Elections to the House of the People in India, 1971. Vol. 2: Statistical. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1973.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the First General Elections in India, 1951–1952. Vol. 1: General. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1955.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the First General Elections in India, 1951–1952. Vol. 2: Statistical. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1955.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the Fourth General Elections in India, 1967. Vol. 2: Statistical. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1967.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, 1980. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1981.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Maharashtra, Council of Delhi, 1977. Statistical. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1978. Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Manipur, Nagaland, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Pondicherry, 1974. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1975.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the Mid-Term General Elections in India (1968–1969). Vol. 2: Statistical. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1970.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the Second General Elections in India, 1957. Vol. 1: General. Faridabad: Government of India Press, 1959.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the Second General Elections in India, 1957. Vol. 2: Statistical. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1959
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the Seventh General Elections to the House of the People in India, 1980. Vol. 2: Statistical. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1981.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the Sixth General Elections to the House of the People in India, 1977. Vol. 2: Statistical. New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1978.
Government of India, Election Commission of India. Report on the Third General Elections in India, 1962. Vol. 1: General. Faridabad: Government of India Press, 1966.
Government of India, Home Department. Political Proceedings and Files, 1925–1945.
Government of India, Home Ministry. Why Emergency? New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1976.
Government of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Fourth General Elections: An Analysis. Faridabad: Thompson Press, 1967.
Government of Madhya Pradesh. The History of the Freedom Movement in Madhya Pradesh. Nagpur: Government Printing, 1956.
Government of Punjab, Pakistan. R.S.S. in Punjab. Lahore: Government Printing Press, 1948.
Government of Maharashtra. Maharashtra State Gazeteers: Nagpur District. Bombay: Government Central Press, 1966.
Newspapers and Periodicals
Hindu (Madras).
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
Hindu Vishwa (Delhi).
India Abroad (New York City).
Indian Express (Delhi).
India Today (Delhi).
Leader (Allahabad).
Link (Delhi).
Mahratta (Pune).
Northern India Patrika (Allahabad).
Organiser (Delhi).
Sangh Sandesh (Birmingham, England).
Secular Democracy (Delhi).
Statesman (Delhi).
Tarun Bharat (Nagpur and Pune).
Times of India (Bombay).
Times of India (Delhi).
Vivek (Bombay).
Ekata (Pune) Hindu, Marathi weekly (Bombay) Kesari (Pune)
Panchajanya (Delhi )
Interviews
A.Interviews with 190 members of the Jana Sangh party organization in three parliamentary districts (i.e., Allahabad City, Bombay North-east and Delhi Sadar), as well as members of Maharashtra and Delhi state committees, and members of the All-India Working Committee. These interviews were conducted between 1968 and 1971, and involved a standardized questionnaire.
B.Other Interviews
Aagi, Om Prakash. National secretary of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, on 23 June 1983 at Delhi.
Acharya, Govindan. RSS pracharak in Bihar, on 31 July 1983 at New Delhi.
Adil, Mohammed. Muslim politician in Sadar, on 25 March 1969 at Delhi.
Advani, Lal Krishna. General secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on 15 September 1985 at Potomac, Maryland.
Agarwal, Devendra Swaroop. Director of the Deendayal Research Institute, on 26 June 1983 at Delhi.
Agrawal, Kameshwar Prasad. Communist Party of India labour union leader, on 10 May 1970 at Allahabad.
Aher, N. K. Leader of Peasants and Workers’ Party group in Kalyan Municipal Council, on 1 April 1970 at Kalyan.
Ahmad, Bashir. Member of Allahabad District Congress (0) Committee, on 8 May 1970.
Apte, Shivram Shankar. Founder and general secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and of the Hindustan Samachar, on 12 January 1969 at Bombay; officer in Bombay office of Hindustan Samachar, on 11 January 1969 at Bombay.
Bahadur, Krishna. RSS member and early organizer of Vidyarthi Parishad in Allahabad, during 25–26 January 1970 at Allahabad.
Bakht, Sikander. Vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on 8 May 1983 at Bombay.
Bakshi, Sadar. Joint Secretary of Bombay Pradesh Congress (0) Committee, on 20 April 1970 at Bombay.
Bansal, D. C. President of the Delhi Sadar District Congress (R) Committee, on 15 April 1970 at Delhi.
Behere, G. V. Editor of Marathi-language Sobat, on 8 April 1983 at Pune.
Bhagwat, Vasant. Secretary of the Maharashtra state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on 6 June 1983 at New Delhi.
Bhandari, S. S. Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party National Executive Committee, on 26 July 1983 at New Delhi.
Bhargava, M. L. Son of founder of Jana Sangh in Allahabad, on 13 February 1969 at Allahabad.
Bhaskarrao, K. Former state pracharak of Kerala, on 24 April 1983 at Bombay.
Bhide, L. S. RSS liaison officer responsible for overseas activities, on 7 September 1983 at Chicago.
Bhishikar, C. P. Former editor of Tarun Bharat (Pune), on 28 April 1983 at Pune.
Bodhe, Narayan. Shiv Sena member of Bombay Municipal Corporation, on 31 Octobe
r 1969 at Bombay.
Banatwala, M. A. Muslim League member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Bombay, on 5 November 1969 at Bombay.
Chandra, Lokesh. Prominent activist in Vishwa Hindu Parishad, on 12 June 1970 at New Delhi.
Chatterjee, N. C. Former president of the Hindu Mahasabha, on 29 May 1969 at Calcutta.
Dandawate, Madhu. Joint secretary of the All-India Praja Socialist Party, on 17 March 1970 at Bombay.
Deshmukh, Nana. Chairman of the Deendayal Research Institute, on 16 April 1983 at Pune.
Deoras, Madhukar Dattatreya (popularly known as Balasaheb). RSS general secretary and present sarsanghchalak, on 21 April 1969 and 30 July 1983 at Nagpur.
Deoras, Murlidhar (aka Bhaurao). Assistant general secretary of the RSS, on 27 June 1983 at Delhi.
Desai, Morarji. Former prime minister of India, on 12 May 1985 at Chicago.
Deval, Madhukar. Former RSS pracharak, on 12 July 1983 at Pune. Dharia, Mohan. Socialist leader, on 6 July 1983 at Pune.
Dharmadhikar, S. T. (aka Dada). A contemporary and friend of Dr K. B. Hedgewar, on 20 May 1983 at Bombay.
Didolkar, Datta Devidas. An early activist in Vidyarthi Parishad, on 20 April 1969 at Nagpur.
Digvekar, Rajabhau. A secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, on 14 May 1983 at Pune.
Godbole, Rambhau. Organizing secretary of the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, on 7 June 1983 at Bombay.
Godse, Gopal. Brother of Nathuram Godse, on 13 May 1969 at Pune. Gokhale, D. V. News editor of Maharashtra Times (Bombay), on 26 May 1983 at Bombay.
Gokhale, Gajanan S. Former leader of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, on 14 January 1969 and 22 November 1969 at Bombay, and 25–26 April 1983 at Pune.
Gokhale, S. P. Trusteee of the Savarkar National Memorial, on 15 April 1983 at Pune.
Golwalkar, Madhav Sadashiv. Sarsanghchalak of the RSS, on 26 February 1969 at Delhi and 15–18 April 1969 at Nagpur.
Goray, N. G. Socialist leader, on 26 May 1983 at Pune.
Gupta, Shiv Charan. Congress (R) leader in Delhi, on 6 April 1970 at Delhi.
Hafizka, A. K. President of the Bombay Pradesh Congress (0) Committee, on 23 December 1969 at Bombay.
Harmohan, Lala. General secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, on 23 May at Delhi.
Inamdar, Laxmanrao. RSS zonal pracharak for west India, on 24 May 1983.
Indurkar, G. S. Journalist, on 8 August 1983 at Delhi.
Jaiswal, Saligram. A founding member of the Socialist Party in Allahabad, on 28 September 1969 at Allahabad.
Jajoria, Khuba Ram. Scheduled Caste leader in Sadar, on 6 April 1970 at Delhi.
Jogalkar, J. D. Author of works on Hindu nationalism, on 25 May 1983 at Bombay.
Joshi, Appaji. Prominent RSS worker who was a close colleague of K. B. Hedgewar, on 29 December 1968 at Chandrapur.
Joshi, Jagannathrao. Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party National Executive Committee, on 7 May 1983 at Bombay.
Joshi, Murli Manohar. Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on 9 August 1983 at Delhi.
Joshi, S. M. Samyukta Socialist Party member of parliament, on 7 December 1968 at New Delhi.
Kadam, Anna. Bharatiya Kisan Sangh official, on 12 May 1983 at Pune.
Kalambekar, Dilip. Editor of Vivek, on 7 May 1983 at Bombay. Kale, Malharrao. General Secretary of the RSS from 1940 to 1943, on 30 June 1983 at Nagpur.
Kamath, M. V. Journalist, on 26 April 1983 at Bombay.
Kamble, N. M. Leader Scheduled Caste community in Bombay, on 5 November 1969 at Bombay.
Kelkar, B. K. Former RSS pracharak, author, and journalist, on 2 August 1983 at Delhi.
Kelkar, Yeshwantrao. President of the Vidyarthi Parishad, on 14 January 1969 and 14 July 1983 at Bombay.
Khanna, Jugal Kishor. Prominent Congress worker in Delhi between 1925 and 1945, on 15 April 1970 at Delhi.
Kishore, Giriraj. Organizing secretary of Vidyarthi Parishad, on 31 July 1969 at Delhi.
Kohli, Om Prakash. President of the Vidyarthi Parishad, on 7 May 1983 at Bombay.
Kolhatkar, S. Y. Communist Party of India (Marxist) labour leader, on 1 May 1970 at Bombay.
Kotwal, M. Labour leader in Dock and Port Workers Union, on 5 November 1959 at Bombay.
Krishan, Guru Radha. Communist Party of India activist, member of Delhi’s Metropolitan Council, on 10 April 1970 at Delhi.
Lal, A. B. Vice chancellor of Allahabad University, on 27 January 1970 at Allahabad.
Lal, Chuni. Republican party activist in Allahabad, on 6 October 1959 at Allahabad.
Lele, N. B. Former journalist with Hindustan Samachar, on 9 August 1983 at Delhi.
Limaye, Madhukar. Former RSS pracharak in Assam, on 12 July 1983 at Pune.
Mahajan, Madhukar. Former Jana Sangh organizing secretary for Bombay, during 21–22 May 1983 at Bombay.
Majgoankar, S. G. Editor of Manoos, on 25 April 1983 at Pune. Majumdar, J. M. Close friend of Dr S. P. Mookerjee, on 30 May 1969 at Calcutta.
Malaviya, Padma Kant. Grandnephew of Madan Mohan Malaviya, on 20 January 1970 at Allahabad.
Malkani, K. M. Editor of Organiser, on 24 June 1983 at Delhi. Marathe, V. N. Shiv Sena worker in Thane, on 8 November 1969 at Thana.
Mathur, J. P. Bharatiya Janata Party member of the Rajya Sabha, on 26 July 1983 at Delhi.
Mehta, Mahesh. General secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America, on 10 September 1985 at Chicago.
Mital, Surendra Nath. Former RSS pracharak, on 16 December 1972 at Allahabad.
Moghe, M. B. (aka Bapurao). Member of the central executive committee of the RSS, on 26 June 1983 at Delhi.
Mule, Madhavrao. RSS organizing secretary of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, and later RSS general secretary; on 3 and 31 July 1969 at Delhi.
Nanda, Ved Prakash. Founding member of Vidyarthi Parishad, on 7 September 1969 at Delhi.
Nande, Harikar. RSS pracharak in Assam, on 12 July 1983 at Pune. Narain, Raj. Socialist leader, on 16 April 1983 at Pune.
Nene, Dayanand. Editor of Chatra Sakti, on 27 April 1983 at Bombay.
Nene, D. V. Journalist, on 21 April 1983 at Bombay.
Oke, Vasantrao Krishna. First RSS organizer in Delhi, on 4 and 5 September 1969 at Delhi.
Pande, Bishamber Nath. Prominent Congress worker in Allahabad prior to independence, on 5 October 1969 in Allahabad.
Pande, Hari Shanker. Congress (R) worker in Allahabad, on 25 January 1970 at Allahabad.
Pandey, R. N. Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Maharashtra, on 8 May 1983 at Bombay.
Patel, Nanabhai. MLA of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Maharashtra, on 8 May 1983 at Bombay.
Pradhan, Datta. Leader of Shiv Sena labour affiliate, on 24 November 1969 at Bombay.
Prakash, Brahm. Prominent Congress party leader in Delhi between 1948 and 1969, on 23 November 1968 at Delhi.
Ranade, Eknath. RSS pracharak and organizer of Swami Vivekananda Mission, 29 December 1969 to 1 January 1970 at Kanyakumari, and 28 February 1970 at Delhi.
Saksena, Laxmi. Joint secretary of Uttar Pradesh Samyukta Socialist Party, on 14 and 26 May 1970 at Allahabad.
Samant, D. M. Samyukta Socialist Party member of the legislative assembly from Bombay, on 2 November 1969 at
Bombay.
Saraswat, Ashok. President of the Allahabad University Students Union, on 3 February 1970 at Allahabad.
Sarbadhikary, Manoj Chandra. Hindu Mahasabha worker in Calcutta, on 12 June 1969 at Calcutta.
Sastry, Sripathy. Assistant prant pracharak for Maharashtra, on 3 May 1983 at Pune.
Sharma, Deep Chand. Member of the Delhi Pradesh Congress (R) Committee, on 27 April 1970 at Delhi.
Sharma, Mauli Chandra. Former president of the Jana Sangh, on 18 August 1969 at Delhi.
Sheshadri, H. V. Assistant organizing secretary of the RSS, on 11 July 1983 at Pune.
Singh, Jai. Sikh activist, on 10 April 1970 at Delhi.
Singh, Kartar. Sikh political leader in Sadar, on 12 April 1970 at Delhi.
Singh, Rajendra. General secretary of the RSS, on 16 July 1982 at Chicago, 25 July 1982 at Bethesda, Maryland, and 15 May 1983 at Bombay.
Singh, Ram Naresh. General secretary of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, on 27 July 1983 at Delhi.
Sudarshan, K. P. RSS baudhik pramukh, on 7 May 1983 at Pune. Telang, Shivrai. Pracharak in an RSS-affiliated cooperative workers’ union, on 12 May 1983 at Bombay.
Thackeray, Bal. Founder and leader of the Shiv Sena, on 17 January 1969 at Bombay.
Thatte, Yadunath. Worker for the Rashtra Seva Dal (socialist youth organization), on 24 April 1983 at Pune.
Thengadi, Dattopant Bapurao. Chief theoretician of the RSS, on 10 September 1979 at Chicago, 10 April at Pune, and 26 June 1983 at Delhi.
Tomar, Lajjaram. Organizing secretary of Vidya Bharati, on 23 July 1983 at Delhi.
Vasudevan, G. Organizing secretary of the Vivekananda Kendra, on 27 June 1983 at Delhi.
Vishnuji, Shri. Leader of the Seva Bharati in Delhi, on 25 July 1983 at Delhi.
Wandrekar, W. G. Leader of the Congress (R) Municipal Party in Bombay, on 5 April 1970 at Bombay.
Zulfiqarullah, Sheikh Mohammed. Social worker, on 19 February 1969 at Allahabad.
Jana Sangh Resolutions and Addresses
Election Manifestos for 1957, 1962, 1967, 1971
Jana Sangh Resolutions, 1951–1974. 5 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Jana Sangh, 1975.
Resolutions passed by All-India Working Committee, 1953–1974. Resolutions passed by all-India sessions, 1953–1974.
Publications of the RSS, Its Writers, and Writers Associated with Them
A.English
Advani, Lal Krishna. Prisoners Scrapbook. Delhi: Hind Pocket Books, 1979.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. Why and How. Delhi: Nav Laxmi Press, New Delhi.
Apte, Bal. Educational Challenge. Delhi: ABVP, 1977.
Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Bharatiya Jana Sangh: Principles and Policy. Bombay: Excel Printers, 1965.
Bharatiya Jana Sangh. ‘Garibi Badhao’: Budget 1971–1972. Delhi: Navchetan Press, 1972.
Bharatiya Jana Sangh. The Jana Sangh Approach. Delhi: Navchetan Press, 1968.
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