Along with Babarao and other leaders such as Dr B.S. Moonje, Dr L.V. Paranjpe, Bhauji Karve, Anna Sohoni, Cholkar, Vishwanath Kelkar and Dr Tholkar, Hedgewar started the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on 27 September 1925, on the auspicious day of Vijayadashami. All these men broadly opined that Hindu–Muslim unity was a mirage and ‘Hindutva’ is the only nationalist creed.
