Keshav baliram hedgewar biography

Keshav Baliram Hedgewar was born on Varsha Pratipada of the Hindu New Year day corresponding to April 1 1889 of the Gregorian Calendar at Nagpur. Even as a child, he started questioning how a handful of foreigners could rule over a vast and ancient nation like Bharat for so long.

No wonder he threw away the sweets distributed on the occasion of the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria’s coronation.

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He was eight years old at the time. When studying in high school, he started participating in nationalist activities and, unfurled the banner of independence during Dusserah at Rampayali in 1907. The intensity of his urge to free the Motherland grew steadily.

In 1908, he was expelled for leading the students in raising the ‘seditious’ cry of ‘Vande Mataram’. He had to move to Pune to complete his matriculation.

Hedgewar opted for a medical course in Calcutta, chiefly prompted by the prospect of getting first-hand acquaintance with the underground movement.

He soon became a core member of