Gopal Mukund Huddar

Gopal Mukund Huddar, also known as Balaji Huddar, was an Indian anti-colonial activist and anti-fascist soldier. A founding member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindutva paramilitary organisation, Huddar served as its first sarkaryavah. Upon travelling to London to study journalism, exposure to left-wing and anti-fascist circles led him to volunteer for the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Upon his return home, Huddar joined the Communist Party of India (CPI). Due to his shift towards communism and his calls for the RSS to engage in the Indian independence movement, the leadership of the organisation, particularly its sarsanghchalak (transl. Chief) K. B. Hedgewar, increasingly estranged themselves from him.