NEW DELHI: Describing Keshav Baliram
Hedgewar
as a "born, uncompromising and active patriot,"
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
general secretary Dattatreya
Hosabale
said RSS founder's
patriotism
was not just in reaction to British rule but because he felt that it was his duty and responsibility to be a patriot.
"This is why whoever came in contact with Hedgewar was influenced by his life message of nationalism and nation building," Hosabale said.
"To understand him, you not just need a brain but also a big heart," he added while delivering the keynote address at the launch of the English translation of 'Man of The Millennia - Dr Hedgewar' at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in Parliament House on Friday. The biography was written by Nana Palakar in Marathi.
Along with the biography, Hosabale said reading 'Builders of Modern India: Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar' and 'Dr Hedgewar The Epoch-Maker' would help understand the RSS founder's personality.