BKS office in Lko to be renamed as Rajju Bhaiya Smriti Bhawan

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Published on: 27 March 2016 7:11 AM GMT
BKS office in Lko to be renamed as Rajju Bhaiya Smriti Bhawan
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Lucknow: Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) ‘Sarsangchalak’ Mohan Bhagwat will inaugurate the new look office of Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), also the official Lucknow address of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,on Monday. The office will also be renamed as ‘Rajju Bhaiya Smriti Bhawan’ .

Allotted to become Sangh’s office in 1948:

  • The building was allotted to the Sangh with efforts of Former ‘Sarsangchalak’ of RSS Rajju Bhaiya in 1948.
  • It has been a shelter for numerous Sangh workers since the time of allotment.
  • Rajju Bhaiya, along with Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, Nanaji Deshmukh, Bhaurao Devras and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, used to operate from the same building.

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Birth of Bhartiya Jana Sangh (BJS):

  • Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, along with other RSS functionaries had established the BJS at the same building in 1951.
  • Once, Mukherjee stayed at the building for more than two months
  • The first meeting of the BJS was also held here.

Establishment of BKS office:

  • The Kisan Sangh office was established here in 1879.
  • The Rashtriya Dharm and Panchjanya magazines were also printed here.
  • Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was the one to compose and print the magazines.
  • Nanaji Deshmukh resided here till 1967 and Atal Bihari Vajpayee till the time he became Member of Parliament in 1957.
  • It is still the address mentioned on Vajpayee’s Voter’s ID card of Lucknow.

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