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	* 7, Shri Krishna Bodh Dham, Shankaracharya Marg, Civil Lines, [[New Delhi]], 110054<ref name="constitution">{{cite book \|title=Constitution - Akhil Bharatiya Ramarajya Parishad \|url=https://archive.org/details/AkhilBharatiyaRamarajyaParishadSamvidhan/mode/1up \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>		* 7, Shri Krishna Bodh Dham, Shankaracharya Marg, Civil Lines, [[New Delhi]], 110054<ref name="constitution">{{cite book \|title=Constitution - Akhil Bharatiya Ramarajya Parishad \|url=https://archive.org/details/AkhilBharatiyaRamarajyaParishadSamvidhan/mode/1up \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>
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	\|secretary = Vidyasagar Bhushan Sharma ({{As of\|2015}})<ref name="letter">{{cite book \|title=Letter to ECI dated 2015 \|url=https://ceodelhinet.nic.in/ceodelhiweb/PartyNameDocument/Expenditure/Party19.pdf}}</ref>		\|secretary = Vidyasagar Bhushan Sharma ({{As of\|2015}})<ref name="letter">{{cite book \|title=Letter to ECI dated 2015 \|url=https://ceodelhinet.nic.in/ceodelhiweb/PartyNameDocument/Expenditure/Party19.pdf\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20261009174948/https://ceodelhinet.nic.in/ceodelhiweb/PartyNameDocument/Expenditure/Party19.pdf\|archive-date=2026-10-09\|url-status=live}}</ref>
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	While some contemporary media reports have attributed the founding of the party to [[Hanwant Singh]], [[Maharaja of Jodhpur]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> historical documents confirm that it was established by Swami Karpatri in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20261009172334/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|archive-date=2026-10-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}}		While some contemporary media reports have attributed the founding of the party to [[Hanwant Singh]], [[Maharaja of Jodhpur]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> historical documents confirm that it was established by Swami Karpatri in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20261009172334/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|archive-date=2026-10-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}}

	Several sources assert that, in 1971 the party merged into the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bell \|first1=Chad E. \|title=Party politics in India, 1963-2000 \|url=http://janda.org/ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/0-AngloAmerica/08-India/India%201963-2000.htm \|website=janda.org \|access-date=9 October 2026\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201015333/http://janda.org/ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/0-AngloAmerica/08-India/India%201963-2000.htm \|archive-date=2015-02-01 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sankara">{{cite web \|last1=Srivastava \|first1=Sanjay \|title=कैसी थी वो राजनीतिक पार्टी, जिसके अध्यक्ष थे शंकराचार्य बने एक संत, किस हाल में अब ये दल \|url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/knowledge/which-political-party-has-its-president-a-shankracharya-how-ram-rajya-parishad-party-make-and-vanish-7911212.html \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=hi \|date=19 December 2023 \|trans-title=What kind of political party was that, whose president was Shankaracharya, a saint, in what condition is this party now?\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218084815/https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/knowledge/which-political-party-has-its-president-a-shankracharya-how-ram-rajya-parishad-party-make-and-vanish-7911212.html \|archive-date=2023-12-18 \|url-status=live }}</ref> but historical studies confirm that no institutional merger was ever finalized.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103213441/https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|archive-date=2024-01-03 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Formal merger discussions did take place but between 1952 and 1953, facilitated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] of the Jana Sangh and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]] of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> These negotiations collapsed when Karpatri insisted that any unified party mandate adherence to the authority of traditional [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] distinctions.<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209152242/https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf \|archive-date=2021-12-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The Jana Sangh leadership rejected these demands, and the talks collapsed completely after Mukherjee's death later that year.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>		Several sources assert that, in 1971 the party merged into the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bell \|first1=Chad E. \|title=Party politics in India, 1963-2000 \|url=http://janda.org/ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/0-AngloAmerica/08-India/India%201963-2000.htm \|website=janda.org \|access-date=9 October 2026\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201015333/http://janda.org/ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/0-AngloAmerica/08-India/India%201963-2000.htm \|archive-date=2015-02-01 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sankara">{{cite web \|last1=Srivastava \|first1=Sanjay \|title=कैसी थी वो राजनीतिक पार्टी, जिसके अध्यक्ष थे शंकराचार्य बने एक संत, किस हाल में अब ये दल \|url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/knowledge/which-political-party-has-its-president-a-shankracharya-how-ram-rajya-parishad-party-make-and-vanish-7911212.html \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=hi \|date=19 December 2023 \|trans-title=What kind of political party was that, whose president was Shankaracharya, a saint, in what condition is this party now?\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218084815/https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/knowledge/which-political-party-has-its-president-a-shankracharya-how-ram-rajya-parishad-party-make-and-vanish-7911212.html \|archive-date=2023-12-18 \|url-status=live }}</ref> but historical studies confirm that no institutional merger was ever finalized.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103213441/https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|archive-date=2024-01-03 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Formal merger discussions did take place but between 1952 and 1953, facilitated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] of the Jana Sangh and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]] of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> These negotiations collapsed when Karpatri insisted that any unified party mandate adherence to the authority of traditional [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] distinctions.<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209152242/https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf \|archive-date=2021-12-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506064833/https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|archive-date=2025-05-06 \|url-status=live }}</ref> The Jana Sangh leadership rejected these demands, and the talks collapsed completely after Mukherjee's death later that year.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250724095139/https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|archive-date=2025-07-24 \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	Owing to the party's goodwill, Several groups of people in subsequent elections have occasionally asserted representation under the name of the Ram Rajya Parishad;<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ramrajya Parishad names candidate against PM Modi \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/ramrajya-parishad-names-candidate-against-pm-modi/articleshow/68995667.cms \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=23 April 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20261009172731/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/ramrajya-parishad-names-candidate-against-pm-modi/articleshow/68995667.cms \|archive-date=2026-10-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sadhus" /><ref>{{cite news \|last1=SATYA DARSHAN \|title=PM मोदी व BJP सरकार की नीतियों से नाराज रामराज्य परिषद ने विस चुनाव हेतु घोषित किए अपने प्रत्याशी \|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=bUmlryxX3Zw&si=KTJaTW7W4U8rgYYy \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=28 November 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20261009172842/https://youtube.com/watch?v=bUmlryxX3Zw&si=KTJaTW7W4U8rgYYy \|archive-date=2026-10-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref> however, because of unresolved disputes over the official party entity, such candidates have to either file nomination as [[independent politician\|independents]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Bhagwan Pathak – Candidate details \|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-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 \|website=ECINET \|access-date=9 October 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	Established in 1949, the RRP won three [[Lok Sabha]] seats in the [[1951–52 Indian general election\|1952 general election]] and two seats in [[1962 Indian general election\|1962]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok03/party/03ls12.htm \|title=Biographical sketches of Third Lok Sabha \|access-date=2006-08-14 \|publisher=National Informatics Centre, Government of India \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519101624/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok03/party/03ls12.htm \|archive-date=2006-05-19 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Across the 1952, 1957, and 1962 legislative assembly elections, the party secured dozens of seats in the [[Hindi belt]], primarily in [[Rajasthan]]. In accordance with traditionalist Hindu views, the party actively opposed the enactment of the [[Hindu code bills]], together with other Hindu Parties.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Herdenia \|first1=LS \|title=Uniform Civil Code: How RSS and Hindu swamis fought tooth and nail the Hindu Code Bill \|url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/15839-uniform-civil-code-how-rss-and-hindu-swamis-fought-tooth-and-nail-the-hindu-code-bill \|website=The Milli Gazette — Indian Muslims Leading News Source \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en \|date=26 August 2017}}</ref> Its official election symbol was the rising sun.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=16 July 2018 \|title=Symbols of 14 National Political Parties that contested during the first General Elections in 1951 – 52\|publisher=ECI\|url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dx1Tmnsno/ \|website=Facebook}}</ref>		Established in 1949, the RRP won three [[Lok Sabha]] seats in the [[1951–52 Indian general election\|1952 general election]] and two seats in [[1962 Indian general election\|1962]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok03/party/03ls12.htm \|title=Biographical sketches of Third Lok Sabha \|access-date=2006-08-14 \|publisher=National Informatics Centre, Government of India \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519101624/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok03/party/03ls12.htm \|archive-date=2006-05-19 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Across the 1952, 1957, and 1962 legislative assembly elections, the party secured dozens of seats in the [[Hindi belt]], primarily in [[Rajasthan]]. In accordance with traditionalist Hindu views, the party actively opposed the enactment of the [[Hindu code bills]], together with other Hindu Parties.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Herdenia \|first1=LS \|title=Uniform Civil Code: How RSS and Hindu swamis fought tooth and nail the Hindu Code Bill \|url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/15839-uniform-civil-code-how-rss-and-hindu-swamis-fought-tooth-and-nail-the-hindu-code-bill \|website=The Milli Gazette — Indian Muslims Leading News Source \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en \|date=26 August 2017}}</ref> Its official election symbol was the rising sun.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=16 July 2018 \|title=Symbols of 14 National Political Parties that contested during the first General Elections in 1951 – 52\|publisher=ECI\|url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dx1Tmnsno/ \|website=Facebook}}</ref>

	During the 1950s, [[Swaroopanand Saraswati]] served as the party's president.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Singh \|first=Soutik BiswasN K. \|date=1993-07-31 \|title=Controversial Shankaracharya, Swaroopanand challenges VHP's role in building Ram temple \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/19930731-controversial-shankaracharya-swaroopanand-challenges-vhps-role-in-building-ram-temple-811335-1993-07-30 \|access-date=2026-09-08 \|website=India Today \|language=en}}</ref> Prem Ballabh Vyas contested several elections as an RRP candidate as early as 1969,<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Result 1969 {{!}} Candidate Wise Votes {{!}} IDRS \|url=https://idrs.in/vidhansabha/uttar-pradesh/mathura-vidhan-sabha-result-1969 \|website=idrs.in \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=JAUNPUR 1969 Assembly Result \|url=https://election-analytics.ajaikumark.com/state/uttar-pradesh/1969/jaunpur/ \|website=election-analytics.ajaikumark.com \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en-IN}}</ref> while Vasudev Shastri Atul served as general secretary<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Mishra \|first1=Ramjee \|title=Sankaracharya aur unkee parampara Dr. Ramji Mishra \|date=2001 \|location=[[Prayagraj]] \|page=60 \|edition=First \|url=https://archive.org/details/ShankaracharyaAurUnkiParamparaDr.RamjiMishra/page/n61/mode/1up \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=Hindi \|chapter=Sankaracharya ke uttaravartee acharya \|url-status=live \|trans-title=Shankaracharya and his lineage}}</ref> and contested elections through 1980.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Vasudev Shastri Atul \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/lok-sabha/candidates/vasudev-shastri-atul-GEDL23226 \|website=Hindustan Times \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=POLITICAL CAREER – VASUDEV SHASTRI ATUL \|url=https://www.teampmac.com/candidate.php?slug=vasudev-shastri-atul-ls-1977-dl-nct-of-d-001-003 \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Government of India \|title=Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1977-03-02, Extra Ordinary \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.csl_extraordinary.1977-03-02.E-1160-1977-0107-51336/page/n624/mode/1up \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|page=1120/169 \|date=2 March 1977}}</ref>		During the 1950s, [[Swaroopanand Saraswati]] served as the party's president.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Singh \|first=Soutik BiswasN K. \|date=1993-07-31 \|title=Controversial Shankaracharya, Swaroopanand challenges VHP's role in building Ram temple \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/19930731-controversial-shankaracharya-swaroopanand-challenges-vhps-role-in-building-ram-temple-811335-1993-07-30 \|access-date=2026-09-08 \|website=India Today \|language=en\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409220246/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/19930731-controversial-shankaracharya-swaroopanand-challenges-vhps-role-in-building-ram-temple-811335-1993-07-30 \|archive-date=2023-04-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Prem Ballabh Vyas contested several elections as an RRP candidate as early as 1969,<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Result 1969 {{!}} Candidate Wise Votes {{!}} IDRS \|url=https://idrs.in/vidhansabha/uttar-pradesh/mathura-vidhan-sabha-result-1969 \|website=idrs.in \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=JAUNPUR 1969 Assembly Result \|url=https://election-analytics.ajaikumark.com/state/uttar-pradesh/1969/jaunpur/ \|website=election-analytics.ajaikumark.com \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en-IN}}</ref> while Vasudev Shastri Atul served as general secretary<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Mishra \|first1=Ramjee \|title=Sankaracharya aur unkee parampara Dr. Ramji Mishra \|date=2001 \|location=[[Prayagraj]] \|page=60 \|edition=First \|url=https://archive.org/details/ShankaracharyaAurUnkiParamparaDr.RamjiMishra/page/n61/mode/1up \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=Hindi \|chapter=Sankaracharya ke uttaravartee acharya \|url-status=live \|trans-title=Shankaracharya and his lineage}}</ref> and contested elections through 1980.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Vasudev Shastri Atul \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/lok-sabha/candidates/vasudev-shastri-atul-GEDL23226 \|website=Hindustan Times \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=POLITICAL CAREER – VASUDEV SHASTRI ATUL \|url=https://www.teampmac.com/candidate.php?slug=vasudev-shastri-atul-ls-1977-dl-nct-of-d-001-003 \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Government of India \|title=Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1977-03-02, Extra Ordinary \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.csl_extraordinary.1977-03-02.E-1160-1977-0107-51336/page/n624/mode/1up \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|page=1120/169 \|date=2 March 1977}}</ref>

	=== Factional split and legal status ===		=== Factional split and legal status ===
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	While some contemporary media reports have attributed the founding of the party to [[Hanwant Singh]], [[Maharaja of Jodhpur]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> historical documents confirm that it was established by Swami Karpatri in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}}		While some contemporary media reports have attributed the founding of the party to [[Hanwant Singh]], [[Maharaja of Jodhpur]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> historical documents confirm that it was established by Swami Karpatri in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}}

	Several sources assert that, in 1971 the party merged into the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bell \|first1=Chad E. \|title=Party politics in India, 1963-2000 \|url=http://janda.org/ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/0-AngloAmerica/08-India/India%201963-2000.htm \|website=janda.org \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref><ref name="sankara">{{cite web \|last1=Srivastava \|first1=Sanjay \|title=कैसी थी वो राजनीतिक पार्टी, जिसके अध्यक्ष थे शंकराचार्य बने एक संत, किस हाल में अब ये दल \|url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/knowledge/which-political-party-has-its-president-a-shankracharya-how-ram-rajya-parishad-party-make-and-vanish-7911212.html \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=hi \|date=19 December 2023 \|trans-title=What kind of political party was that, whose president was Shankaracharya, a saint, in what condition is this party now?}}</ref> but historical studies confirm that no institutional merger was ever finalized.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> Formal merger discussions did take place but between 1952 and 1953, facilitated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] of the Jana Sangh and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]] of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> These negotiations collapsed when Karpatri insisted that any unified party mandate adherence to the authority of traditional [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] distinctions.<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95}}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The Jana Sangh leadership rejected these demands, and the talks collapsed completely after Mukherjee's death later that year.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>		Several sources assert that, in 1971 the party merged into the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bell \|first1=Chad E. \|title=Party politics in India, 1963-2000 \|url=http://janda.org/ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/0-AngloAmerica/08-India/India%201963-2000.htm \|website=janda.org \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref><ref name="sankara">{{cite web \|last1=Srivastava \|first1=Sanjay \|title=कैसी थी वो राजनीतिक पार्टी, जिसके अध्यक्ष थे शंकराचार्य बने एक संत, किस हाल में अब ये दल \|url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/knowledge/which-political-party-has-its-president-a-shankracharya-how-ram-rajya-parishad-party-make-and-vanish-7911212.html \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=hi \|date=19 December 2023 \|trans-title=What kind of political party was that, whose president was Shankaracharya, a saint, in what condition is this party now?}}</ref> but historical studies confirm that no institutional merger was ever finalized.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> Formal merger discussions did take place but between 1952 and 1953, facilitated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] of the Jana Sangh and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]] of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> These negotiations collapsed when Karpatri insisted that any unified party mandate adherence to the authority of traditional [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] distinctions.<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209152242/https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf \|archive-date=2021-12-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The Jana Sangh leadership rejected these demands, and the talks collapsed completely after Mukherjee's death later that year.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>

	Owing to the party's goodwill, Several groups of people in subsequent elections have occasionally asserted representation under the name of the Ram Rajya Parishad;<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ramrajya Parishad names candidate against PM Modi \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/ramrajya-parishad-names-candidate-against-pm-modi/articleshow/68995667.cms \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sadhus" /><ref>{{cite news \|last1=SATYA DARSHAN \|title=PM मोदी व BJP सरकार की नीतियों से नाराज रामराज्य परिषद ने विस चुनाव हेतु घोषित किए अपने प्रत्याशी \|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=bUmlryxX3Zw&si=KTJaTW7W4U8rgYYy \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=28 November 2021}}</ref> however, because of unresolved disputes over the official party entity, such candidates have to either file nomination as [[independent politician\|independents]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Bhagwan Pathak – Candidate details \|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-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 \|website=ECINET \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref> or as nominees of other registered parties.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sheikh Ambar – Candidate details 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	While some contemporary media reports have attributed the founding of the party to [[Hanwant Singh]], [[Maharaja of Jodhpur]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> historical documents confirm that it was established by Swami Karpatri in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}}		While some contemporary media reports have attributed the founding of the party to [[Hanwant Singh]], [[Maharaja of Jodhpur]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> historical documents confirm that it was established by Swami Karpatri in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}}

	Several sources assert that the party ~~eventually~~ merged into the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in ~~1971~~, but historical studies confirm that no institutional merger was ever finalized.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> Formal merger discussions did take place but between 1952 and 1953, facilitated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] of the Jana Sangh and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]] of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> These negotiations collapsed when Karpatri insisted that any unified party mandate adherence to the authority of traditional [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] distinctions.<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95}}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The Jana Sangh leadership rejected these demands, and the talks collapsed completely after Mukherjee's death later that year.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>		Several sources assert that, in 1971 the party merged into the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bell \|first1=Chad E. \|title=Party politics in India, 1963-2000 \|url=http://janda.org/ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/0-AngloAmerica/08-India/India%201963-2000.htm \|website=janda.org \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref><ref name="sankara">{{cite web \|last1=Srivastava \|first1=Sanjay \|title=कैसी थी वो राजनीतिक पार्टी, जिसके अध्यक्ष थे शंकराचार्य बने एक संत, किस हाल में अब ये दल \|url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/knowledge/which-political-party-has-its-president-a-shankracharya-how-ram-rajya-parishad-party-make-and-vanish-7911212.html \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=hi \|date=19 December 2023 \|trans-title=What kind of political party was that, whose president was Shankaracharya, a saint, in what condition is this party now?}}</ref> but historical studies confirm that no institutional merger was ever finalized.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> Formal merger discussions did take place but between 1952 and 1953, facilitated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] of the Jana Sangh and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]] of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> These negotiations collapsed when Karpatri insisted that any unified party mandate adherence to the authority of traditional [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] distinctions.<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95}}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The Jana Sangh leadership rejected these demands, and the talks collapsed completely after Mukherjee's death later that year.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>

	Owing to the party's goodwill, Several groups of people in subsequent elections have occasionally asserted representation under the name of the Ram Rajya Parishad;<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ramrajya Parishad names candidate against PM Modi \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/ramrajya-parishad-names-candidate-against-pm-modi/articleshow/68995667.cms \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sadhus" /><ref>{{cite news \|last1=SATYA DARSHAN \|title=PM मोदी व BJP सरकार की नीतियों से नाराज रामराज्य परिषद ने विस चुनाव हेतु घोषित किए अपने प्रत्याशी \|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=bUmlryxX3Zw&si=KTJaTW7W4U8rgYYy \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=28 November 2021}}</ref> however, because of unresolved disputes over the official party entity, such candidates have to either file nomination as [[independent politician\|independents]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Bhagwan Pathak – Candidate details \|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-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 \|website=ECINET \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref> or as nominees of other registered parties.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sheikh Ambar – Candidate details \|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-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 \|website=ECINET \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>		Owing to the party's goodwill, Several groups of people in subsequent elections have occasionally asserted representation under the name of the Ram Rajya Parishad;<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ramrajya Parishad names candidate against PM Modi \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/ramrajya-parishad-names-candidate-against-pm-modi/articleshow/68995667.cms \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sadhus" /><ref>{{cite news \|last1=SATYA DARSHAN \|title=PM मोदी व BJP सरकार की नीतियों से नाराज रामराज्य परिषद ने विस चुनाव हेतु घोषित किए अपने प्रत्याशी \|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=bUmlryxX3Zw&si=KTJaTW7W4U8rgYYy \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=28 November 2021}}</ref> however, because of unresolved disputes over the official party entity, such candidates have to either file nomination as [[independent politician\|independents]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Bhagwan Pathak – Candidate details \|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-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 \|website=ECINET \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref> or as nominees of other registered parties.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sheikh Ambar – Candidate details 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	== Misconceptions ==		== Misconceptions ==
	Many modern media reports falsely attribute [[Hanwant Singh]] as the founder of the this party,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> but it was actually founded by [[Swami Karpatri]] in 1948.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}} There's another misconception that this party eventually merged into the [[Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref name=Bell/> but it lacks authenticity.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> The only time a genuine institutional merger was officially considered was between 1952 and 1953, initiated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee\|Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] ([[Jana Sangh]]) and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee\|N. C. Chatterjee]] ([[Hindu Mahasabha]]),{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> which failed because [[Swami Karpatri\|Karpatri]] insisted that any merged party must formally pledge itself to the authority of [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve strict [[Varna (Hinduism)\|caste hierarchy]].<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95}}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The request was denied as being "impossible" to execute and the death of Mukherjee, the core unifying factor in the merger talks, in 1953 also failed the merger.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>		Many modern media reports falsely attribute [[Hanwant Singh]] as the founder of the this party,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> but it was actually founded by [[Swami Karpatri]] in 1948.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}} There's another misconception that this party eventually merged into the [[Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref name=Bell/> but it lacks authenticity.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> The only time a genuine institutional merger was officially considered was between 1952 and 1953, initiated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee\|Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] ([[Jana Sangh]]) and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee\|N. C. Chatterjee]] ([[Hindu Mahasabha]]),{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> which failed because [[Swami Karpatri\|Karpatri]] insisted that any merged party must formally pledge itself to the authority of [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve strict [[Varna (Hinduism)\|caste hierarchy]].<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95}}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The request was denied as being "impossible" to execute and the death of Mukherjee, the core unifying factor in the merger talks, in 1953 also failed the merger.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>
			Owing to the party's goodwill, many people misuse the name of Ram Rajya Parishad,<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ramrajya Parishad names candidate against PM Modi \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/ramrajya-parishad-names-candidate-against-pm-modi/articleshow/68995667.cms \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sadhus" /><ref>{{cite news \|last1=SATYA DARSHAN \|title=PM मोदी व BJP सरकार की नीतियों से नाराज रामराज्य परिषद ने विस चुनाव हेतु घोषित किए अपने प्रत्याशी \|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=bUmlryxX3Zw&si=KTJaTW7W4U8rgYYy \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=28 November 2021}}</ref> but they have to make nominate candidature as an independent candidate<ref>{{cite web \|title=Bhagwan Pathak – Candidate details \|url=t.ly/PYIVD \|website=ECINET \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref> or through other party<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sheikh Ambar – Candidate details \|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-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 \|website=ECINET \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref> as RRP is already a registered party.

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	== Misconceptions ==		== Misconceptions ==
	Many modern media reports falsely attribute [[Hanwant Singh]] as the founder of the this party,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> but it was actually founded by [[Swami Karpatri]] in 1948.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</~~ref><~~ref>{{~~Cite book~~ \|~~last=~~Baxter \|~~first=Craig \|url=https://archive.org/details/janasanghbiograp0000baxt/page/78/mode/1up?q=%22Ram+rajya+parishad%22 \|title=The Jana Sangh; a biography of an Indian political party \|date=~~1969 \|~~publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press \|isbn=978-0-8122-7583-4 \|location=Philadelphia \|page~~=78}}~~</ref>~~ There's another misconception that this party eventually merged into the [[Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref name=Bell/> but it lacks authenticity.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> The only time a genuine institutional merger was officially considered was between 1952 and 1953, initiated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee\|Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] ([[Jana Sangh]]) and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee\|N. C. Chatterjee]] ([[Hindu Mahasabha]]),~~<ref name="Jana">~~{{~~cite book~~ \|~~last1=~~Baxter \|~~first1=Craig~~ \|title=The Jana Sangh: A Biography of an Indian Political Party\|url=https://dokumen.pub/the-jana-sangh-a-biography-of-an-indian-political-party-reprint-2016nbsped-9781512800326.html\|date=2016 \|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press \|location=Philadelphia, Pa \|isbn=9781512800326 \|page=108 ~~\|access-date=8 October 2026~~}}~~</ref>~~<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> which failed because [[Swami Karpatri\|Karpatri]] insisted that any merged party must formally pledge itself to the authority of [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve strict [[Varna (Hinduism)\|caste hierarchy]].<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95}}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The request was denied as being "impossible" to execute and the death of Mukherjee, the core unifying factor in the merger talks, in 1953 also failed the merger.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>		Many modern media reports falsely attribute [[Hanwant Singh]] as the founder of the this party,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> but it was actually founded by [[Swami Karpatri]] in 1948.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}} There's another misconception that this party eventually merged into the [[Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref name=Bell/> but it lacks authenticity.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> The only time a genuine institutional merger was officially considered was between 1952 and 1953, initiated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee\|Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] ([[Jana Sangh]]) and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee\|N. C. Chatterjee]] ([[Hindu Mahasabha]]),{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> which failed because [[Swami Karpatri\|Karpatri]] insisted that any merged party must formally pledge itself to the authority of [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve strict [[Varna (Hinduism)\|caste hierarchy]].<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95}}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The request was denied as being "impossible" to execute and the death of Mukherjee, the core unifying factor in the merger talks, in 1953 also failed the merger.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
	* {{~~cite~~ book \|last=Baxter \|first=Craig \|~~author~~-~~link=Craig Baxter~~ \|title=The Jana ~~Sangha. A Biography~~ of an Indian ~~Political Party~~ \|~~year~~=~~1971~~ \|publisher=~~Oxford~~ University Press ~~\|location=Delhi, India~~ \|isbn=978-0-8122-7583-4 \|~~url-access~~=~~registration \|url=https://archive.org/details/janasanghbiograp0000baxt~~ }}		* {{Cite book \|last=Baxter \|first=Craig \|url=https://dokumen.pub/the-jana-sangh-a-biography-of-an-indian-political-party-reprint-2016nbsped-9781512800326.html \|title=The Jana Sangh; a biography of an Indian political party \|date=1969 \|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press \|isbn=978-0-8122-7583-4 \|location=Philadelphia}}

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	Established in 1949, the RRP won three [[Lok Sabha]] seats in the [[1951–52 Indian general election\|1952 general election]] and two seats in [[1962 Indian general election\|1962]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok03/party/03ls12.htm \|title=Biographical sketches of Third Lok Sabha \|access-date=2006-08-14 \|publisher=National Informatics Centre, Government of India \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519101624/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok03/party/03ls12.htm \|archive-date=2006-05-19 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Across the 1952, 1957, and 1962 legislative assembly elections, the party secured dozens of seats in the [[Hindi belt]], primarily in [[Rajasthan]]. In accordance with traditionalist Hindu views, the party actively opposed the enactment of the [[Hindu code bills]], together with other Hindu Parties.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Herdenia \|first1=LS \|title=Uniform Civil Code: How RSS and Hindu swamis fought tooth and nail the Hindu Code Bill \|url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/15839-uniform-civil-code-how-rss-and-hindu-swamis-fought-tooth-and-nail-the-hindu-code-bill \|website=The Milli Gazette — Indian Muslims Leading News Source \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en \|date=26 August 2017}}</ref> Its official election symbol was the rising sun.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=16 July 2018 \|title=Symbols of 14 National Political Parties that contested during the first General Elections in 1951 – 52\|publisher=ECI\|url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dx1Tmnsno/ \|website=Facebook}}</ref>		Established in 1949, the RRP won three [[Lok Sabha]] seats in the [[1951–52 Indian general election\|1952 general election]] and two seats in [[1962 Indian general election\|1962]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok03/party/03ls12.htm \|title=Biographical sketches of Third Lok Sabha \|access-date=2006-08-14 \|publisher=National Informatics Centre, Government of India \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519101624/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok03/party/03ls12.htm \|archive-date=2006-05-19 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Across the 1952, 1957, and 1962 legislative assembly elections, the party secured dozens of seats in the [[Hindi belt]], primarily in [[Rajasthan]]. In accordance with traditionalist Hindu views, the party actively opposed the enactment of the [[Hindu code bills]], together with other Hindu Parties.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Herdenia \|first1=LS \|title=Uniform Civil Code: How RSS and Hindu swamis fought tooth and nail the Hindu Code Bill \|url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/15839-uniform-civil-code-how-rss-and-hindu-swamis-fought-tooth-and-nail-the-hindu-code-bill \|website=The Milli Gazette — Indian Muslims Leading News Source \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en \|date=26 August 2017}}</ref> Its official election symbol was the rising sun.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=16 July 2018 \|title=Symbols of 14 National Political Parties that contested during the first General Elections in 1951 – 52\|publisher=ECI\|url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dx1Tmnsno/ \|website=Facebook}}</ref>

	During the 1950s, [[Swaroopanand Saraswati]] served as the party's president.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Singh \|first=Soutik BiswasN K. \|date=1993-07-31 \|title=Controversial Shankaracharya, Swaroopanand challenges VHP's role in building Ram temple \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/19930731-controversial-shankaracharya-swaroopanand-challenges-vhps-role-in-building-ram-temple-811335-1993-07-30 \|access-date=2026-09-08 \|website=India Today \|language=en}}</ref> Prem Ballabh Vyas contested several elections as an RRP candidate as early as 1969,<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Result 1969 {{!}} Candidate Wise Votes {{!}} IDRS \|url=https://idrs.in/vidhansabha/uttar-pradesh/mathura-vidhan-sabha-result-1969 \|website=idrs.in \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=JAUNPUR 1969 Assembly Result \|url=https://election-analytics.ajaikumark.com/state/uttar-pradesh/1969/jaunpur/ \|website=election-analytics.ajaikumark.com \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en-IN}}</ref> while Vasudev Shastri Atul served as general secretary<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Mishra \|first1=Ramjee \|title=Sankaracharya aur unkee parampara Dr. Ramji Mishra \|date=2001 \|location=[[Prayagraj]] \|page=60 \|edition=First \|url=https://archive.org/details/ShankaracharyaAurUnkiParamparaDr.RamjiMishra/page/n61/mode/1up \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=Hindi \|chapter=Sankaracharya ke uttaravartee acharya \|url-status=live \|trans-title=Shankaracharya and his lineage}}</ref> and contested elections through 1980.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Vasudev Shastri Atul \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/lok-sabha/candidates/vasudev-shastri-atul-GEDL23226 \|website=Hindustan Times \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=POLITICAL CAREER – VASUDEV SHASTRI ATUL \|url=https://www.teampmac.com/candidate.php?slug=vasudev-shastri-atul-ls-1977-dl-nct-of-d-001-003 \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Government of India \|title=Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1977-03-02, Extra Ordinary \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.csl_extraordinary.1977-03-02.E-1160-1977-0107-51336/page/n624/mode/1up \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|page=1120/169 \|date=2 March 1977}}</ref>		During the 1950s, [[Swaroopanand Saraswati]] served as the party's president.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Singh \|first=Soutik BiswasN K. \|date=1993-07-31 \|title=Controversial Shankaracharya, Swaroopanand challenges VHP's role in building Ram temple \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/19930731-controversial-shankaracharya-swaroopanand-challenges-vhps-role-in-building-ram-temple-811335-1993-07-30 \|access-date=2026-09-08 \|website=India Today \|language=en\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409220246/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/19930731-controversial-shankaracharya-swaroopanand-challenges-vhps-role-in-building-ram-temple-811335-1993-07-30 \|archive-date=2023-04-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Prem Ballabh Vyas contested several elections as an RRP candidate as early as 1969,<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Result 1969 {{!}} Candidate Wise Votes {{!}} IDRS \|url=https://idrs.in/vidhansabha/uttar-pradesh/mathura-vidhan-sabha-result-1969 \|website=idrs.in \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=JAUNPUR 1969 Assembly Result \|url=https://election-analytics.ajaikumark.com/state/uttar-pradesh/1969/jaunpur/ \|website=election-analytics.ajaikumark.com \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en-IN}}</ref> while Vasudev Shastri Atul served as general secretary<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Mishra \|first1=Ramjee \|title=Sankaracharya aur unkee parampara Dr. Ramji Mishra \|date=2001 \|location=[[Prayagraj]] \|page=60 \|edition=First \|url=https://archive.org/details/ShankaracharyaAurUnkiParamparaDr.RamjiMishra/page/n61/mode/1up \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=Hindi \|chapter=Sankaracharya ke uttaravartee acharya \|url-status=live \|trans-title=Shankaracharya and his lineage}}</ref> and contested elections through 1980.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Vasudev Shastri Atul \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/lok-sabha/candidates/vasudev-shastri-atul-GEDL23226 \|website=Hindustan Times \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=POLITICAL CAREER – VASUDEV SHASTRI ATUL \|url=https://www.teampmac.com/candidate.php?slug=vasudev-shastri-atul-ls-1977-dl-nct-of-d-001-003 \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Government of India \|title=Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1977-03-02, Extra Ordinary \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.csl_extraordinary.1977-03-02.E-1160-1977-0107-51336/page/n624/mode/1up \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|page=1120/169 \|date=2 March 1977}}</ref>

	=== Factional split and legal status ===		=== Factional split and legal status ===
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	While some contemporary media reports have attributed the founding of the party to [[Hanwant Singh]], [[Maharaja of Jodhpur]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> historical documents confirm that it was established by Swami Karpatri in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}}		While some contemporary media reports have attributed the founding of the party to [[Hanwant Singh]], [[Maharaja of Jodhpur]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> historical documents confirm that it was established by Swami Karpatri in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}}

	Several sources assert that, in 1971 the party merged into the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bell \|first1=Chad E. \|title=Party politics in India, 1963-2000 \|url=http://janda.org/ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/0-AngloAmerica/08-India/India%201963-2000.htm \|website=janda.org \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref><ref name="sankara">{{cite web \|last1=Srivastava \|first1=Sanjay \|title=कैसी थी वो राजनीतिक पार्टी, जिसके अध्यक्ष थे शंकराचार्य बने एक संत, किस हाल में अब ये दल \|url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/knowledge/which-political-party-has-its-president-a-shankracharya-how-ram-rajya-parishad-party-make-and-vanish-7911212.html \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=hi \|date=19 December 2023 \|trans-title=What kind of political party was that, whose president was Shankaracharya, a saint, in what condition is this party now?}}</ref> but historical studies confirm that no institutional merger was ever finalized.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> Formal merger discussions did take place but between 1952 and 1953, facilitated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] of the Jana Sangh and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]] of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> These negotiations collapsed when Karpatri insisted that any unified party mandate adherence to the authority of traditional [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] distinctions.<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95}}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The Jana Sangh leadership rejected these demands, and the talks collapsed completely after Mukherjee's death later that year.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>		Several sources assert that, in 1971 the party merged into the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bell \|first1=Chad E. \|title=Party politics in India, 1963-2000 \|url=http://janda.org/ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/0-AngloAmerica/08-India/India%201963-2000.htm \|website=janda.org \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref><ref name="sankara">{{cite web \|last1=Srivastava \|first1=Sanjay \|title=कैसी थी वो राजनीतिक पार्टी, जिसके अध्यक्ष थे शंकराचार्य बने एक संत, किस हाल में अब ये दल \|url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/knowledge/which-political-party-has-its-president-a-shankracharya-how-ram-rajya-parishad-party-make-and-vanish-7911212.html \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=hi \|date=19 December 2023 \|trans-title=What kind of political party was that, whose president was Shankaracharya, a saint, in what condition is this party now?}}</ref> but historical studies confirm that no institutional merger was ever finalized.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> Formal merger discussions did take place but between 1952 and 1953, facilitated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] of the Jana Sangh and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]] of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> These negotiations collapsed when Karpatri insisted that any unified party mandate adherence to the authority of traditional [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] distinctions.<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209152242/https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf \|archive-date=2021-12-09 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The Jana Sangh leadership rejected these demands, and the talks collapsed completely after Mukherjee's death later that year.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>

	Owing to the party's goodwill, Several groups of people in subsequent elections have occasionally asserted representation under the name of the Ram Rajya Parishad;<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ramrajya Parishad names candidate against PM Modi \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/ramrajya-parishad-names-candidate-against-pm-modi/articleshow/68995667.cms \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sadhus" /><ref>{{cite news \|last1=SATYA DARSHAN \|title=PM मोदी व BJP सरकार की नीतियों से नाराज रामराज्य परिषद ने विस चुनाव हेतु घोषित किए अपने प्रत्याशी \|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=bUmlryxX3Zw&si=KTJaTW7W4U8rgYYy \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=28 November 2021}}</ref> however, because of unresolved disputes over the official party entity, such candidates have to either file nomination as [[independent politician\|independents]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Bhagwan Pathak – Candidate details \|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-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 \|website=ECINET \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref> or as nominees of other registered parties.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sheikh Ambar – Candidate details 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	While some contemporary media reports have attributed the founding of the party to [[Hanwant Singh]], [[Maharaja of Jodhpur]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> historical documents confirm that it was established by Swami Karpatri in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}}		While some contemporary media reports have attributed the founding of the party to [[Hanwant Singh]], [[Maharaja of Jodhpur]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bhandari \|first=Prakash \|date=16 November 2023 \|title=Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy \|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109161841/http://https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/rajasthan-elections-royals-in-the-fray-bear-ancestral-legacy#bypass-sw \|archive-date=2025-11-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=National Herald \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260909060203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/maharaja-of-jodhpur-used-aircraft-for-ls-campaigns-in-1952/articleshow/33677449.cms \|archive-date=2026-09-09 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2014-04-14 \|title=Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210115155141/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/election-2014-no-thrill-in-princess-versus-pauper-in-jodhpur-1479829.html \|archive-date=2021-01-15 \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|work=Firstpost \|language=en-US}}</ref> historical documents confirm that it was established by Swami Karpatri in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=कुमावत \|first=स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News \|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/news/hanwant-singh-who-defeated-cm-from-2-places-132059103.html \|access-date=2026-09-09 \|website=Dainik Bhaskar \|language=hi}}</ref>{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=72}}

	Several sources assert that the party ~~eventually~~ merged into the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in ~~1971~~, but historical studies confirm that no institutional merger was ever finalized.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> Formal merger discussions did take place but between 1952 and 1953, facilitated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] of the Jana Sangh and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]] of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> These negotiations collapsed when Karpatri insisted that any unified party mandate adherence to the authority of traditional [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] distinctions.<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95}}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The Jana Sangh leadership rejected these demands, and the talks collapsed completely after Mukherjee's death later that year.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>		Several sources assert that, in 1971 the party merged into the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]],<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bell \|first1=Chad E. \|title=Party politics in India, 1963-2000 \|url=http://janda.org/ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/0-AngloAmerica/08-India/India%201963-2000.htm \|website=janda.org \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref><ref name="sankara">{{cite web \|last1=Srivastava \|first1=Sanjay \|title=कैसी थी वो राजनीतिक पार्टी, जिसके अध्यक्ष थे शंकराचार्य बने एक संत, किस हाल में अब ये दल \|url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/knowledge/which-political-party-has-its-president-a-shankracharya-how-ram-rajya-parishad-party-make-and-vanish-7911212.html \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|language=hi \|date=19 December 2023 \|trans-title=What kind of political party was that, whose president was Shankaracharya, a saint, in what condition is this party now?}}</ref> but historical studies confirm that no institutional merger was ever finalized.<ref name="Sadhus">{{cite book \|last1=Dasgupta \|first1=Koushiki \|title=Sadhus in Indian politics: dynamics of Hindutva \|date=2021 \|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd \|location=New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California \|isbn=978-93-91370-93-0 \|page=110 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/553215299/Dasgupta-K-Sadhus-in-Indian-Politics \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> Formal merger discussions did take place but between 1952 and 1953, facilitated by [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] of the Jana Sangh and [[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]] of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].{{sfn\|Baxter\|1969\|p=108}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Lal \|first1=A. B. \|title=The Indian parliament. \|date=1956 \|publisher=Chaitanya Publishing House \|page=65 \|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18856502M/The_Indian_parliament. \|access-date=8 October 2026}}</ref> These negotiations collapsed when Karpatri insisted that any unified party mandate adherence to the authority of traditional [[Hindu scriptures]] (''Dharmashastras'') and preserve [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] distinctions.<ref name="Graham">{{cite book \|last1=Graham \|first1=Bruce Desmond \|title=Hindu nationalism and Indian politics: the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/306476336/Bruce-Desmond-Graham-Hindu-Nationalism-and-Indian-Politics-The-Origins-and-Development-of-the-Bharatiya-Jana-Sangh-pdf\|date=1992 \|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press \|location=New York \|isbn=978-0-521-38348-6 \|page=95}}</ref><ref name="Rebels">{{cite news \|last1=Dhingra \|first1=Sanya \|title=Rebels of the Right. The radical Hindutva challenge to the Sangh is as old as RSS itself \|url=https://theprint.in/politics/rebels-of-the-right-the-radical-hindutva-challenge-to-the-sangh-is-as-old-as-rss-itself/2615792/ \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|work=theprint.in}}</ref> The Jana Sangh leadership rejected these demands, and the talks collapsed completely after Mukherjee's death later that year.<ref>{{cite book \|title=1947-1957 India: the birth of a republic \|date=2023 \|publisher=Vintage by Penguin Random House India \|location=Gurugram \|isbn=9780670097104 \|page=194 \|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/733770335/1947-1957-India-The-Birth-of-a-Republic-Chandrachur-Ghose-Z-Library \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>

	Owing to the party's goodwill, Several groups of people in subsequent elections have occasionally asserted representation under the name of the Ram Rajya Parishad;<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ramrajya Parishad names candidate against PM Modi \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/ramrajya-parishad-names-candidate-against-pm-modi/articleshow/68995667.cms \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sadhus" /><ref>{{cite news \|last1=SATYA DARSHAN \|title=PM मोदी व BJP सरकार की नीतियों से नाराज रामराज्य परिषद ने विस चुनाव हेतु घोषित किए अपने प्रत्याशी \|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=bUmlryxX3Zw&si=KTJaTW7W4U8rgYYy \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=28 November 2021}}</ref> however, because of unresolved disputes over the official party entity, such candidates have to either file nomination as [[independent politician\|independents]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Bhagwan Pathak – Candidate details 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\|website=ECINET \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref> or as nominees of other registered parties.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sheikh Ambar – Candidate details 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\|website=ECINET \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref>		Owing to the party's goodwill, Several groups of people in subsequent elections have occasionally asserted representation under the name of the Ram Rajya Parishad;<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ramrajya Parishad names candidate against PM Modi \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/ramrajya-parishad-names-candidate-against-pm-modi/articleshow/68995667.cms \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sadhus" /><ref>{{cite news \|last1=SATYA DARSHAN \|title=PM मोदी व BJP सरकार की नीतियों से नाराज रामराज्य परिषद ने विस चुनाव हेतु घोषित किए अपने प्रत्याशी \|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=bUmlryxX3Zw&si=KTJaTW7W4U8rgYYy \|access-date=9 October 2026 \|date=28 November 2021}}</ref> however, because of unresolved disputes over the official party entity, such candidates have to either file nomination as [[independent politician\|independents]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Bhagwan 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\|website=ECINET \|access-date=9 October 2026}}</ref> or as nominees of other registered parties.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sheikh Ambar – Candidate details 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