By - Amit kumar Agarwal
- PM Modi releases the special coin and stamp at the RSS centenary event in Delhi.
- PM Modi released a commemorative coin and stamp to mark 100 years of RSS.
- This is the first time in the history of India that Bharat Mata's image has been carved onto a coin, PM said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that RSS (Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh) had immensely suffered at the hands of British and Nizams for its belief of nation first. He also said RSS members, including founder K.B. Hedgewar, had been jailed during the freedom struggle.
Speaking at the RSS centenary celebrations, PM Modi said, “Tomorrow is Vijayadashmi, a festival which symbolises the victory of good over evil, victory of justice over injustice, victory of truth over falsehoods, and victory of light over darkness; the establishment of RSS on Dussehra 100 years ago was not just a coincidence. This was resurrection of a tradition which was continuing since thousands of years. We are lucky to be witnessing centenary of the Sangh.”
Modi released a special commemorative postage stamp and a coin to mark the centenary of the RSS. The specially designed coin and stamp highlight the contribution of the RSS to the nation, he said.
PM Modi, full of emotions, said, "this is the first time in the history of India that Bharat Mata’s image has been carved onto a coin.”
The coin also has the RSS' moto - Rashtray Swaha, Idam Rashtraya, Idam Na Mama - which translates to - everything is dedicated to the nation; everyhting is the nation’s, nothing is mine.
Key points and takeaways from the PM's speech:
- Hedgewar was jailed for participating in the freedom struggle
- Since its inception, the RSS has been striving to build the nation
- During the Chimur (Maharashtra) agitation of 1942, RSS swayamsevaks suffered at the hands of the British. Again after Independence, RSS suffered at the hands of the Nizams of Hyderabad. RSS also sacrificed during the Independence of Goa and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. But RSS was steady on its belief: ‘Nation first’ and aim of ‘Ek Bharat, sreshth Bharat’.