![\"\"](\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/11\/bagwat.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Nagpur: In a fresh attempt to rewrite history and advance the Hindutva agenda in India, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has publicly rejected Gandhi\u2019s long-held view that Indians lacked unity before British rule, calling it a \u201cfalse narrative shaped by colonial teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at a national-level book festival in Nagpur, Bhagwat targeted the founder of modern India, asserting that Gandhi\u2019s observations in his 1908 work Hind Swaraj were influenced by \u201ccolonial narratives.\u201d Gandhi had written that India was not a united entity before the British arrived \u2014 a view widely accepted by historians.<\/p>\n
Bhagwat, however, attempted to present the RSS version of history, claiming that India\u2019s ancient concept of \u2018rashtra\u2019 was \u201corganic\u201d and inherently united, dismissing global understandings of nationhood as \u201cWestern constructs.\u201d<\/p>\n
He argued that Indians traditionally \u201cresolved disputes through fraternity,\u201d contrasting India with \u201cother parts of the world that evolved through conflict,\u201d while simultaneously using the platform to denounce the term \u2018nationalism,\u2019 despite the RSS being rooted in militant nationalist ideology.<\/p>\n
Political observers say Bhagwat\u2019s remarks are part of the RSS\u2019s wider project to reshape India\u2019s past, undermine secular foundations, and impose a homogenised Hindutva identity on a diverse population. The comments expose the organisation\u2019s long-standing effort to delegitimise Gandhi\u2019s inclusive vision and replace it with a sectarian narrative aligned with its ideological mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nagpur: In a fresh attempt to rewrite history and advance the Hindutva agenda in India, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has publicly rejected Gandhi\u2019s long-held view that Indians lacked unity before British rule, calling it a \u201cfalse narrative shaped by colonial teaching.\u201d According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at a national-level book festival …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":189162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t