# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/k-b-hedgewar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:54:50.070Z

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name: "K. B. Hedgewar"
slug: "k-b-hedgewar"
description: "Keshav Baliram Hedgewar was an Indian physician who founded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary organisation, in Nagpur in 1925. He was also known as Doctorji."
tagline: "Founder and first Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Hedgevar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1889-04-01"
deathDate: "1940-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump