Overview

• The release is scheduled in New Delhi on October 1, with RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale expected to attend.
• Centenary ceremonies formally open on Vijayadashami in Nagpur on October 2, where RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will speak and former president Ram Nath Kovind will serve as chief guest.
• RSS leaders say commemorations will run through Vijayadashami 2026 with national and regional programmes, including multi-day events in Bengaluru, Kolkata and Mumbai.
• Officials involved say the commemorative stamp was the Prime Minister’s spontaneous idea and was organised in record time.
• Modi has recently lauded the Sangh’s nation-building work in his Mann Ki Baat broadcast, as coverage notes the RSS’s role as the BJP’s ideological fount and the PM’s own RSS background.