Mohan Madhukarrao Bhagwat is an political activist and veterinarian who is currently serving as the 6th and current Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in India Since 2009.
14 Facts About Mohan Bhagwat
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Mohan Madhukar Bhagwat was born in a Marathi Karhade Brahmin family in Chandrapur, then Bombay State of India.
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Mohan Bhagwat's mother Malati was a member of the RSS Women's Wing.
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Mohan Bhagwat graduated in Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry from Government Veterinary College, Nagpur.
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Mohan Bhagwat dropped out of his postgraduate course in Veterinary Sciences and became a pracharak of the RSS towards the end of 1975.
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Mohan Bhagwat was further promoted as 'Akhil Bharatiya Pracharak Pramukh,'.
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Mohan Bhagwat was chosen as the Sarsanghchalak of the RSS on 21 March 2009.
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At Z+ VVIP security cover, Mohan Bhagwat is one of the most protected Indians today.
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In 2017, Mohan Bhagwat became the first RSS Chief to be officially invited to the Rashtrapati Bhawan by then President Pranab Mukherjee.
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In September 2018, Mohan Bhagwat presided over a 3-day session at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi as part of reaching out to wider public.
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In November 2016, while addressing a 'Prerna Shibir' on the 80th anniversary of Rashtra Sevika Samiti, the women's wing of the RSS, Mohan Bhagwat said that Homo sapiens ate into the space of other species of genus Homo, like Homo floresiensis and Neanderthals, in the past, but even Homo sapiens could go extinct in the next thousand years.
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In October 2022, during a speech on the occasion of Vijayadashami, Mohan Bhagwat stressed on the need for family planning, and imbalance in population across the country.
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Mohan Bhagwat urged the government to bring in suitable reforms on the same issue.
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In January 2023, Mohan Bhagwat advocated support towards the LGBT community in India.