Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi served as chief guest at the RSS centenary event at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi on October 1 and addressed attendees.
• He unveiled a commemorative postage stamp that depicts RSS swayamsevaks marching in the 1963 Republic Day parade.
• He released a ₹100 coin bearing Bharat Mata in varada mudra alongside the national emblem and the RSS motto, noting this as the first appearance of Bharat Mata on Indian currency.
• He lauded the RSS’s 100‑year record of service and said the organisation faced efforts to vilify it after Independence while maintaining faith in democracy and constitutional institutions.
• He highlighted current challenges such as economic dependence, threats to social unity and demographic change, referencing the government’s announced demography mission and the RSS focus on Panch Parivartan and swadeshi.