List of sarsanghchalaks of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

The Sarsanghchalak (IAST: Sarasaṅghacālaka) is the head of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), an Indian right-wing Hindu nationalist paramilitary organisation that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1][2][3][4] The RSS is one of the principal organizations of the Sangh Parivar group. The organisation is the world's largest voluntary organization.^[5] His orders are supreme in RSS. The position is decided through nomination by the predecessor. Since the organisation was established in 1925 six people have served as Sarsanghchalak. The first, Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, founded the organisation served as Sarsanghchalak from 1925–1930 and then again from 1931–1940. The current Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is Mohan Bhagwat.^[6]

Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Incumbent Mohan Bhagwat since 21 March 2009
Member of	Sangh Parivar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Residence	Hedgewar Bhavan, Sangh Building Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Appointer	Outgoing Sarsanghchalak
Term length	no term limit
Formation	27 September 1925; 99 years ago (27 September 1925)
First holder	K. B. Hedgewar (1925–1930)
Deputy	Dattatreya Hosabale (Sarkaryavah)
Website	www.rss.org

List of Sarsanghchalak

•   Acting

Name	Portrait	Term	Period	Ref.
K. B. Hedgewar		27 September 1925–1930	5 Years	[7]
Laxman Vasudev Paranjape		1930–1931	1 Year	[8]
K. B. Hedgewar		1931–21 June 1940	9 years
M. S. Golwalkar		21 June 1940–5 June 1973	32 years, 349 days	[9]
Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras		5 June 1973–March 1994	21 Years	[10]
Rajendra Singh		March 1994–10 March 2000	6 years	[11]
K. S. Sudarshan		10 March 2000–21 March 2009	9 years, 11 days	[12]
Mohan Bhagwat		21 March 2009–Incumbent	16 years, 149 days	[13]

See also

• List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party
• Swayamsevak