Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar founded the Rashtriya Swaymsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur on 28th September, 1925. His life was very eventful. He was a great patriot. He never came under the subjugation of British imperialism. In his school days he denounced the celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Queen Victoria and the coronation of Edward VII. After completing the education of medical, he joined the Congress and became provincial secretary. Being fed up with the policies of congress he left it and started a voluntary organization RSS for the sake of welfare of the nation. He worked silently and never seeking publicity. His mission was development of common man by making them self-dependent which can be possible through both formal and informal education. He was constructive, practical and comprehensive in view of his philosophy on education. He inculcated the feeling of patriotism among common folk. Throughout the life, he tried for physical, intellectual, emotional, moral and spiritual development of people for welfare and upliftment of humanity, irrespective of caste. By the way of his plan of education, we can get to build the strong nation with peace and harmony. For him education is an instrument for harnessing human drives, and as consequences, it becomes to some extent a method of behavior modification. There are not many individuals like Dr. Hedgewar who devoted his life for the sake of the nation and established an organization which is the largest self-financed voluntary organisation in the world, and his ideology is immortal as today, a large section of the society has adopted it. Dr. Hedgewar was such a personality who let his creation speak rather than pushing himself to the front. Today, thousands of educational institutions and millions of Shakhas are running, following his ideology in world.  Each and every member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, popularly known as RSS, is dedicated for the service of the nation and development of humanity.

KEYWORDS: Rashtriya Swaymsevak Sangh, Swayamsevaks, Shakha, Vidya Bharati.