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			{{Short description\|Memorial in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=June 2018}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=June 2018}}
	~~[[File:Keshav Baliram Hedgewar seated.jpg~~\|~~thumb\|[[K. B. Hedgewar]], to whom the memorial is dedicated]]~~		{{Not notable\|date=October 2025}}
	{{coord\|21\|08\|06\|N\|79\|06\|39\|E\|type:landmark_region:IN\|display=title}}		{{coord\|21\|08\|06\|N\|79\|06\|39\|E\|type:landmark_region:IN\|display=title}}'''Hedgewar Smruti Mandir''' (HSM) is a memorial in Reshimbagh, [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], India dedicated to [[K. B. Hedgewar]] and [[M. S. Golwalkar]], who were the first two leaders of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS), a [[Right-wing politics\|right-wing]] [[Hindutva]] [[paramilitary]] organisation. It was inaugurated in 1962. It was granted tourism status on the recommendation of the [[Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation]] (MTDC) in 2017, but this decision is mired in controversy.
	'''Hedgewar Smruti Mandir''' (HSM) is a memorial in Reshimbagh, [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], India dedicated to [[K. B. Hedgewar]] and [[M. S. Golwalkar]], who were the first two leaders of the ~~[[Hindutva\|Hindu nationalist]] organisation~~ [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS). It was inaugurated in 1962. It was granted tourism status on the recommendation of the [[Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation]] (MTDC) in 2017, but this decision is mired in controversy.

	==History==		==History==
	K. B. Hedgewar was the founder of the ~~Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (~~RSS~~); when~~ he died in 1940, his final rites were performed at the RSS headquarters in Reshimbagh,<ref name="timesnownews">{{cite news\|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/article/nagpur-rss-founder-memorial-smruti-mandir-gets-tourism-status/225855\|title=Nagpur: RSS ~~founder’s~~ memorial Smruti Mandir gets tourism status\|date=8 May 2018\|work=www.timesnownews.com}}</ref><ref name="gradec">{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/smruti-mandir-gets-grade-c-tourism-status/articleshow/64055960.cms\|title=Smruti Mandir gets grade-C tourism status\|last1=Anparthi\|first1=Anjaya\|date=7 May 2018\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> and an unassuming [[samadhi]] (memorial) was built there.~~<ref name=Pioneer>{{cite book\|last1=Bhishikara\|first1=C P\|title=Shri Guruji: Pioneer of a New Era\|date=1999\|publisher=Sahitya Sindhu Prakashana\|isbn=9788186595169\|page=165\|language=en}}</ref>~~ It was inaugurated on 9 April 1962 ~~(Varsha Pratipada){{efn\|The first day of the Indian national calendar.}}~~ by M. S. Golwalkar who was Hedgewar's immediate successor.~~<ref name="Pioneer" />~~<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Jaffrelot\|first1=Christophe\|title=The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India)\|date=1999\|publisher=Penguin Books India\|isbn=9780140246025\|page=41\|language=en}}</ref> When M. S. ~~Gowalkar~~ died, his memorial was also constructed there.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rss-shiksha-varg-2018-begins-in-nagpur-118051400830_1.html\|title=RSS shiksha varg 2018 begins in Nagpur\|date=14 May 2018\|work=[[Business Standard]] India~~}}</ref> It is made of rare rocks, marble and mosaic.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Deodhar\|first1=Dilip\|title=Nagpur Guide\|date=1977\|publisher=Yuvak Prakashan\|page=165\|language=en~~}}</ref> The Dr. Hedgewar Smarak Samiti, an independent society registered under the Societies Act, maintains the memorial.<ref name="xx">{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/no-role-to-play-in-hedgewar-samitis-working-rss-to-hc/articleshow/60931201.cms\|title=No role to play in Hedgewar ~~Samiti’s~~ working: RSS to HC\|last=Ganjapure\|first=Vaibhav\|date=4 October 2017\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=yy>{{cite news\|title=Smruti Mandir premises belongs to Hedgewar Smarak Samiti: RSS to court\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/smruti-mandir-premises-belongs-to-hedgewar-smarak-samiti-rss-to-court-4873258/\|work=The Indian Express\|date=4 October 2017}}</ref> The training camps for RSS volunteers (''Swayamsevaks'') in 2017 and 2018 were organised on the premise of the memorial.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://rss.org/Encyc/2017/5/19/sangh-shiksha-varg-2017.html\|title=Sangh Shiksha Varg – Trutiya Varsh -2017 at Nagpur\|date=19 May 2017\|website=rss.org\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/jun/08/pranab-mukherjee-calls-rss-founder-great-son-of-india-1825271.html\|title=Pranab Mukherjee calls RSS founder great son of India\|last=Mulye\|first=Abhijit\|date=8 June 2018\|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>		K. B. Hedgewar was the founder of the RSS. When he died in 1940, his final rites were performed at the RSS headquarters in Reshimbagh,<ref name="timesnownews">{{cite news\|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/article/nagpur-rss-founder-memorial-smruti-mandir-gets-tourism-status/225855\|title=Nagpur: RSS founder's memorial Smruti Mandir gets tourism status\|date=8 May 2018\|work=www.timesnownews.com}}</ref><ref name="gradec">{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/smruti-mandir-gets-grade-c-tourism-status/articleshow/64055960.cms\|title=Smruti Mandir gets grade-C tourism status\|last1=Anparthi\|first1=Anjaya\|date=7 May 2018\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> and an unassuming [[Samadhi (shrine)\|samadhi]] (memorial) was built there. It was inaugurated on 9 April 1962 by M. S. Golwalkar who was Hedgewar's immediate successor.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Jaffrelot\|first1=Christophe\|title=The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India)\|date=1999\|publisher=Penguin Books India\|isbn=9780140246025\|page=41\|language=en}}</ref> When M. S. Golwalkar died, his memorial was also constructed there.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rss-shiksha-varg-2018-begins-in-nagpur-118051400830_1.html\|title=RSS shiksha varg 2018 begins in Nagpur\|date=14 May 2018\|work=[[Business Standard]] India}}</ref> The Dr. Hedgewar Smarak Samiti, an independent society registered under the Societies Act, maintains the memorial.<ref name="xx">{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/no-role-to-play-in-hedgewar-samitis-working-rss-to-hc/articleshow/60931201.cms\|title=No role to play in Hedgewar Samiti's working: RSS to HC\|last=Ganjapure\|first=Vaibhav\|date=4 October 2017\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=yy>{{cite news\|title=Smruti Mandir premises belongs to Hedgewar Smarak Samiti: RSS to court\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/smruti-mandir-premises-belongs-to-hedgewar-smarak-samiti-rss-to-court-4873258/\|work=The Indian Express\|date=4 October 2017}}</ref>

	==Controversy over tourism status==		==Controversy over tourism status==
	The [[Nagpur Municipal Corporation]] (NMC) approved money for the development of the memorial on 12 September 2017. The NMC has proposed construction of a road and a compound wall in Reshimbagh at a cost of {{INR}} 1.37 crore, but this is a controversial decision and has been contested.<ref name=nmdc/><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nagpurtoday.in/amid-opposition-nmc-ayes-rs-1-37-cr-for-works-at-rss-owned-smruti-mandir/09130740\|title=Amid opposition, NMC ayes Rs 1.37 cr for works at RSS-owned Smruti Mandir\|date=13 September 2017\|work=www.nagpurtoday.in\|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> A [[Public Interest Litigation\|public interest litigation]] was filed to challenge this decision claiming that public money cannot be spent on the development of a private area.<ref name=xx/><ref name=yy/> Subsequently, it received a C-grade tourism status on the recommendation of the [[Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation]] (MTDC) and the district planning committee.<ref name=timesnownews/> The MTDC added the memorial to a list of places to visit in Nagpur Darshan for the large number of people visiting during [[Vijayadashami]] and other occasions.<ref name=gradec/> This decision by the MTDC is under court consideration because of the public interest litigation. It is Nagpur's first memorial and 9th location to be granted tourism status.<ref name="nmdc">{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/complaints-filed-over-tourism-status-to-smruti-mandir/articleshow/64101583.cms\|title=Complaints filed over tourism status to Smruti Mandir\|last=Anparthi\|first=Anjaya\|date=10 May 2018\|work=The Times of India}}</ref>		The [[Nagpur Municipal Corporation]] (NMC) approved money for the development of the memorial on 12 September 2017. The NMC has proposed construction of a road and a compound wall in Reshimbagh at a cost of {{INR}} 1.37 crore, but this is a controversial decision and has been contested.<ref name=nmdc/> A [[Public Interest Litigation\|public interest litigation]] was filed to challenge this decision claiming that public money cannot be spent on the development of a private area.<ref name=xx/><ref name=yy/> Subsequently, it received a C-grade tourism status on the recommendation of the [[Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation]] (MTDC) and the district planning committee.<ref name=timesnownews/> The MTDC added the memorial to a list of places to visit in Nagpur Darshan for the large number of people visiting during [[Vijayadashami]] and other occasions.<ref name=gradec/> This decision by the MTDC is under court consideration because of the public interest litigation. It is Nagpur's first memorial and 9th location to be granted tourism status.<ref name="nmdc">{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/complaints-filed-over-tourism-status-to-smruti-mandir/articleshow/64101583.cms\|title=Complaints filed over tourism status to Smruti Mandir\|last=Anparthi\|first=Anjaya\|date=10 May 2018\|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

	~~==Notes==~~

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	==References==		==References==
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[[File:Keshav Baliram Hedgewar seated.jpg|thumb|[[K. B. Hedgewar]], to whom the memorial is dedicated]]
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'''Hedgewar Smruti Mandir''' (HSM) is a memorial in Reshimbagh, [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], India dedicated to [[K. B. Hedgewar]] and [[M. S. Golwalkar]], who were the first two leaders of the [[Hindutva|Hindu nationalist]] organisation [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS). It was inaugurated in 1962. It was granted tourism status on the recommendation of the [[Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation]] (MTDC) in 2017, but this decision is mired in controversy.

==History==
K. B. Hedgewar was the founder of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS); when he died in 1940, his final rites were performed at the RSS headquarters in Reshimbagh,<ref name="timesnownews">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/article/nagpur-rss-founder-memorial-smruti-mandir-gets-tourism-status/225855|title=Nagpur: RSS founder’s memorial Smruti Mandir gets tourism status|date=8 May 2018|work=www.timesnownews.com}}</ref><ref name="gradec">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/smruti-mandir-gets-grade-c-tourism-status/articleshow/64055960.cms|title=Smruti Mandir gets grade-C tourism status|last1=Anparthi|first1=Anjaya|date=7 May 2018|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> and an unassuming [[samadhi]] (memorial) was built there.<ref name=Pioneer>{{cite book|last1=Bhishikara|first1=C P|title=Shri Guruji: Pioneer of a New Era|date=1999|publisher=Sahitya Sindhu Prakashana|isbn=9788186595169|page=165|language=en}}</ref> It was inaugurated on 9 April 1962 (Varsha Pratipada){{efn|The first day of the Indian national calendar.}} by M. S. Golwalkar who was Hedgewar's immediate successor.<ref name="Pioneer" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Jaffrelot|first1=Christophe|title=The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India)|date=1999|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=9780140246025|page=41|language=en}}</ref> When M. S. Gowalkar died, his memorial was also constructed there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rss-shiksha-varg-2018-begins-in-nagpur-118051400830_1.html|title=RSS shiksha varg 2018 begins in Nagpur|date=14 May 2018|work=[[Business Standard]] India}}</ref> It is made of rare rocks, marble and mosaic.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Deodhar|first1=Dilip|title=Nagpur Guide|date=1977|publisher=Yuvak Prakashan|page=165|language=en}}</ref> The Dr. Hedgewar Smarak Samiti, an independent society registered under the Societies Act, maintains the memorial.<ref name="xx">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/no-role-to-play-in-hedgewar-samitis-working-rss-to-hc/articleshow/60931201.cms|title=No role to play in Hedgewar Samiti’s working: RSS to HC|last=Ganjapure|first=Vaibhav|date=4 October 2017|work=The Times of India|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=yy>{{cite news|title=Smruti Mandir premises belongs to Hedgewar Smarak Samiti: RSS to court|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/smruti-mandir-premises-belongs-to-hedgewar-smarak-samiti-rss-to-court-4873258/|work=The Indian Express|date=4 October 2017}}</ref> The training camps for RSS volunteers (''Swayamsevaks'') in 2017 and 2018 were organised on the premise of the memorial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rss.org/Encyc/2017/5/19/sangh-shiksha-varg-2017.html|title=Sangh Shiksha Varg – Trutiya Varsh -2017 at Nagpur|date=19 May 2017|website=rss.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/jun/08/pranab-mukherjee-calls-rss-founder-great-son-of-india-1825271.html|title=Pranab Mukherjee calls RSS founder great son of India|last=Mulye|first=Abhijit|date=8 June 2018|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Controversy over tourism status==
The [[Nagpur Municipal Corporation]] (NMC) approved money for the development of the memorial on 12 September 2017. The NMC has proposed construction of a road and a compound wall in Reshimbagh at a cost of {{INR}} 1.37 crore, but this is a controversial decision and has been contested.<ref name=nmdc/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nagpurtoday.in/amid-opposition-nmc-ayes-rs-1-37-cr-for-works-at-rss-owned-smruti-mandir/09130740|title=Amid opposition, NMC ayes Rs 1.37 cr for works at RSS-owned Smruti Mandir|date=13 September 2017|work=www.nagpurtoday.in|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> A [[Public Interest Litigation|public interest litigation]] was filed to challenge this decision claiming that public money cannot be spent on the development of a private area.<ref name=xx/><ref name=yy/> Subsequently, it received a C-grade tourism status on the recommendation of the [[Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation]] (MTDC) and the district planning committee.<ref name=timesnownews/> The MTDC added the memorial to a list of places to visit in Nagpur Darshan for the large number of people visiting during [[Vijayadashami]] and other occasions.<ref name=gradec/> This decision by the MTDC is under court consideration because of the public interest litigation. It is Nagpur's first memorial and 9th location to be granted tourism status.<ref name="nmdc">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/complaints-filed-over-tourism-status-to-smruti-mandir/articleshow/64101583.cms|title=Complaints filed over tourism status to Smruti Mandir|last=Anparthi|first=Anjaya|date=10 May 2018|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Notes==

{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Tourist attractions in Nagpur]]
[[Category:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1962]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Maharashtra]]