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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Sudarshan was born in [[Kannada Brahmin]] family<ref>{{cite news\|title=RSS turns heat on BJP as KS Sudarshan warns party of straying from its ideological moorings\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20050425-rss-turns-heat-on-bjp-as-ks-sudarshan-warns-party-of-straying-from-its-ideological-moorings-787917-2005-04-25\|publisher=India Today\|access-date=25 April 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=KS Sudarshan, former RSS chief, passes away\|url=http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow/16407076.cms\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=15 September 2012}}</ref> in [[Raipur]] (now in [[Chhattisgarh]]). He received his Bachelor of Engineering in [[Telecommunications]] (honours) from [[Jabalpur Engineering College]] (formerly named as Government Engineering college) in [[Jabalpur]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Former RSS chief KS Sudarshan cremated in Nagpur\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-rss-chief-ks-sudarshan-cremated-in-nagpur-499428\|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> His parents hailed from Kuppahalli village, Mandya District of Karnataka.		Sudarshan was born in [[Raipur]] (now in [[Chhattisgarh]]). He received his Bachelor of Engineering in [[Telecommunications]] (honours) from [[Jabalpur Engineering College]] (formerly named as Government Engineering college) in [[Jabalpur]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Former RSS chief KS Sudarshan cremated in Nagpur\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-rss-chief-ks-sudarshan-cremated-in-nagpur-499428\|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> His parents hailed from Kuppahalli village, Mandya District of Karnataka.

	He was only nine years old when he first attended an RSS [[Shakha]]. He was appointed as a ''Pracharak'' in 1954. His first posting as a pracharak was in [[Raigarh]] district of [[Madhya Pradesh]](Now [[Chhattisgarh]]). In 1964, he was made the [[prant]] pracharak of [[Madhya Bharat]] at a fairly young age. In 1969, he was appointed convener of the All-India Organisations' Heads. This was followed by a stint in the North-East (1977) and then, he took over as the chief of the Bauddhik Cell (the RSS think-tank) two years later. In 1990, he was appointed joint general secretary of the organisation. He has the rare distinction of having held both posts of ''sharirik'' (physical exercises) and ''bauddhik'' (intellectual) ''pramukh'' (chief) on different occasions.<ref name="born">{{cite web\|title=rediff.com:K S Sudarshan: Born into RSS\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/mar/10rss2.htm\|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>		He was only nine years old when he first attended an RSS [[Shakha]]. He was appointed as a ''Pracharak'' in 1954. His first posting as a pracharak was in [[Raigarh]] district of [[Madhya Pradesh]](Now [[Chhattisgarh]]). In 1964, he was made the [[prant]] pracharak of [[Madhya Bharat]] at a fairly young age. In 1969, he was appointed convener of the All-India Organisations' Heads. This was followed by a stint in the North-East (1977) and then, he took over as the chief of the Bauddhik Cell (the RSS think-tank) two years later. In 1990, he was appointed joint general secretary of the organisation. He has the rare distinction of having held both posts of ''sharirik'' (physical exercises) and ''bauddhik'' (intellectual) ''pramukh'' (chief) on different occasions.<ref name="born">{{cite web\|title=rediff.com:K S Sudarshan: Born into RSS\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/mar/10rss2.htm\|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>
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	A strong votary of swadeshi, he was seen as one of the hard-liners within the RSS.<ref name=KS12>{{cite news\|title=Hardliner who never shied away from controversy\|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/278835/ex-rss-chief-sudarshan-passes.html\|newspaper=Deccan HERALD\|date=2012-09-18}}</ref> He had often criticised the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]] government in general and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in particular for its economic policies. In 2005, his statements suggesting that both [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and [[L. K. Advani]] step aside and let a younger leadership take charge of the BJP created a rift within the Sangh parivar.<ref name=rss4>{{cite web\|title=Conflict in the Parivar\|url=http://www.flonnet.com/fl2209/stories/20050506001802400.htm\|publisher=Frontline\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918045328/http://www.flonnet.com/fl2209/stories/20050506001802400.htm\|archive-date=18 September 2012}}</ref> He stepped down as Sarsanghachalak on 21 March 2009, due to poor health.<ref name=ks2>{{cite web\|title=RSS chief K S Sudarshan announces retirement\|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/RSS+chief+K+S+Sudarshan+announces+retirement.-a0212349367\|publisher=The freelibrary}}</ref> <ref>		A strong votary of swadeshi, he was seen as one of the hard-liners within the RSS.<ref name=KS12>{{cite news\|title=Hardliner who never shied away from controversy\|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/278835/ex-rss-chief-sudarshan-passes.html\|newspaper=Deccan HERALD\|date=2012-09-18}}</ref> He had often criticised the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]] government in general and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in particular for its economic policies. In 2005, his statements suggesting that both [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and [[L. K. Advani]] step aside and let a younger leadership take charge of the BJP created a rift within the Sangh parivar.<ref name=rss4>{{cite web\|title=Conflict in the Parivar\|url=http://www.flonnet.com/fl2209/stories/20050506001802400.htm\|publisher=Frontline\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918045328/http://www.flonnet.com/fl2209/stories/20050506001802400.htm\|archive-date=18 September 2012}}</ref> He stepped down as Sarsanghachalak on 21 March 2009, due to poor health.<ref name=ks2>{{cite web\|title=RSS chief K S Sudarshan announces retirement\|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/RSS+chief+K+S+Sudarshan+announces+retirement.-a0212349367\|publisher=The freelibrary}}</ref> <ref>
	\|url=newspaper=Hindustan times\|date=2012-09-17\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=rshan-passes-away/Article1-930584.aspx\|newspaper=Hindustan times\|date=2012-09-17\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917175748/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Maharashtra/Swadeshi-man-Sudarshan-passes-away/Article1-930584.aspx\|archive-date=17 September 2012}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://tdnpost.com/news/k-sudarshan-dead-87008.html\|title=K. Sudarshan dead\|date=2012-09-15\|website=TDNpost\|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130104205620/http://tdnpost.com/news/k-sudarshan-dead-87008.html\|archive-date=2013-01-04\|url-status=dead\|access-date=2017-12-15}}</ref>		\|url=newspaper=Hindustan times\|date=2012-09-17\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=rshan-passes-away/Article1-930584.aspx\|newspaper=Hindustan times\|date=2012-09-17\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917175748/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Maharashtra/Swadeshi-man-Sudarshan-passes-away/Article1-930584.aspx\|archive-date=17 September 2012}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://tdnpost.com/news/k-sudarshan-dead-87008.html\|title=K. Sudarshan dead\|date=2012-09-15\|website=TDNpost\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104205620/http://tdnpost.com/news/k-sudarshan-dead-87008.html\|archive-date=2013-01-04\|url-status=dead\|access-date=2017-12-15}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

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{{Short description|Fifth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)}}{{Use Indian English|date=April 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Kuppahalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan
|image=
|caption=
|office= 5th [[Sarsanghchalak]] of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]
|termstart=2000
|termend=2009
|succeeded=[[Mohan Bhagwat]]
|preceded=[[Rajendra Singh (RSS)|Rajendra Singh]]
|alma_mater = [[Jabalpur Engineering College]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1931|6|18}}
|birth_place= [[Raipur]], [[Central Provinces]], [[British India]]
|death_date ={{death date and age|df=y|2012|9|15|1931|6|18}}
|death_place= [[Raipur]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]]
}}

'''Kuppahalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan''' (18 June 1931 – 15 September 2012) was the fifth ''[[Sarsanghachalak]]'' of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS), a [[Hindu]] [[Hindu nationalism|nationalist]] organisation from 2000 to 2009.

==Biography==
Sudarshan was born in [[Kannada Brahmin]] family<ref>{{cite news|title=RSS turns heat on BJP as KS Sudarshan warns party of straying from its ideological moorings|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20050425-rss-turns-heat-on-bjp-as-ks-sudarshan-warns-party-of-straying-from-its-ideological-moorings-787917-2005-04-25|publisher=India Today|access-date=25 April 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=KS Sudarshan, former RSS chief, passes away|url=http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow/16407076.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=15 September 2012}}</ref> in [[Raipur]] (now in [[Chhattisgarh]]). He received his Bachelor of Engineering in [[Telecommunications]] (honours) from [[Jabalpur Engineering College]] (formerly named as Government Engineering college) in [[Jabalpur]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Former RSS chief KS Sudarshan cremated in Nagpur|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-rss-chief-ks-sudarshan-cremated-in-nagpur-499428|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> His parents hailed from Kuppahalli village, Mandya District of Karnataka.

He was only nine years old when he first attended an RSS [[Shakha]]. He was appointed as a ''Pracharak'' in 1954. His first posting as a pracharak was in [[Raigarh]] district of [[Madhya Pradesh]](Now [[Chhattisgarh]]). In 1964, he was made the [[prant]] pracharak of [[Madhya Bharat]] at a fairly young age. In 1969, he was appointed convener of the All-India Organisations' Heads. This was followed by a stint in the North-East (1977) and then, he took over as the chief of the Bauddhik Cell (the RSS think-tank) two years later. In 1990, he was appointed joint general secretary of the organisation. He has the rare distinction of having held both posts of ''sharirik'' (physical exercises) and ''bauddhik'' (intellectual) ''pramukh'' (chief) on different occasions.<ref name="born">{{cite web|title=rediff.com:K S Sudarshan: Born into RSS|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/mar/10rss2.htm|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>

In January 2009, acknowledging his lifelong selfless social service and his vast contribution in nation-building; [[Shobhit University]], Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, conferred upon him Honorary Doctor of Arts (Honoris Causa).<ref>{{cite web|title=RSS remembers 5th Sarasanghachalak, Social Engineer KS Sudarshanji on his 4th Punyatithi #EngineersDay|url=http://samvada.org/2016/news/sudarshanji/|website=Vishwa Samvada Kendra|date=15 September 2016}}</ref>

==Sarsanghachalak==
Sudarshan became ''Sarsanghachalak'' (Supreme chief) of the RSS on 10 March 2000.<ref name=rss1>{{cite web|title=Sudarshan is new RSS chief|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/mar/10rss.htm|publisher=Rediff.com}}</ref> He succeeded [[Rajendra Singh (RSS)|Rajendra Singh]], who stepped down on health grounds.<ref name=rss2>{{cite web|title=While time hardens cement, at this age, it does not heal bones|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/mar/10rss1.htm|publisher=Rediff.com}}</ref>

In his acceptance speech, Sudarshan recalled how he was hand-picked to head the Madhya Bharat region. He said though initially he was hesitant to take up the responsibility, the then RSS Sarsanghachalak [[M. S. Golwalkar]] helped him to make up his mind. "I was able to discharge my duties because people senior to me fully co-operated with me," he said.<ref name=ks1>{{cite web|title=K S Sudarshan: Born into RSS|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/mar/10rss2.htm|publisher=Rediff.com}}</ref>

A strong votary of swadeshi, he was seen as one of the hard-liners within the RSS.<ref name=KS12>{{cite news|title=Hardliner who never shied away from controversy|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/278835/ex-rss-chief-sudarshan-passes.html|newspaper=Deccan HERALD|date=2012-09-18}}</ref> He had often criticised the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] government in general and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in particular for its economic policies. In 2005, his statements suggesting that both [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and [[L. K. Advani]] step aside and let a younger leadership take charge of the BJP created a rift within the Sangh parivar.<ref name=rss4>{{cite web|title=Conflict in the Parivar|url=http://www.flonnet.com/fl2209/stories/20050506001802400.htm|publisher=Frontline|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918045328/http://www.flonnet.com/fl2209/stories/20050506001802400.htm|archive-date=18 September 2012}}</ref> He stepped down as Sarsanghachalak on 21 March 2009, due to poor health.<ref name=ks2>{{cite web|title=RSS chief K S Sudarshan announces retirement|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/RSS+chief+K+S+Sudarshan+announces+retirement.-a0212349367|publisher=The freelibrary}}</ref> <ref>
|url=newspaper=Hindustan times|date=2012-09-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=rshan-passes-away/Article1-930584.aspx|newspaper=Hindustan times|date=2012-09-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917175748/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Maharashtra/Swadeshi-man-Sudarshan-passes-away/Article1-930584.aspx|archive-date=17 September 2012}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://tdnpost.com/news/k-sudarshan-dead-87008.html|title=K. Sudarshan dead|date=2012-09-15|website=TDNpost|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130104205620/http://tdnpost.com/news/k-sudarshan-dead-87008.html|archive-date=2013-01-04|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-12-15}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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{{succession box
|title=[[Sarsanghchalak|Sarsanghchalak of the RSS]]
|before=[[Rajendra Singh (RSS)|Rajendra Singh]]
|after=[[Mohan Bhagawat]]
|years=2000 – 2009}}
{{s-end}}

{{Sangh Parivar}}

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