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|foundation = 1948
|president=[[Swaroopanand Saraswati]] (1950s)|foundation = 1948
 
|abbreviation= RRP
|ideology = [[Hindutva]], [[Hindu Nationalism]], Cultural Nationalism,
|ideology = [[Hindutva]]<br/> [[Hindu Nationalism]]<br/>Anti-[[Hindu Code Bill]]
|position = [[Far-Right]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
| position = [[Far-Right]]
|dissolution = 1971 (merged with [[Bhartiya Jana Sangh]])
| dissolution = 1971  
|founder = [[Swami Karpatri]]
| merged =  [[Bhartiya Jana Sangh]]
 
|eci=Registered Unrecognized Political Party (RUPP) (disputed)| founder = [[Swami Karpatri]]
| symbol = [[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg|150px]]
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'''Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad''' ('''RRP''', "All India Council of Ram's Kingdom") was an Indian Hindu nationalist political party founded by [[Swami Karpatri]] in 1948.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Sajjan |title=The conservative challenge to Hindutva |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-conservative-challenge-to-hindutva/article32262217.ece |access-date=28 August 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=4 August 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref> The RRP won three [[Lok Sabha]] seats in the [[1952 Indian general election|1952 elections]] to the national [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] and two 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> In 1952, 1957 and 1962, it won several dozen [[Vidhan Sabha]] seats, all in the [[Hindi belt]], mostly in [[Rajasthan]]. Like other [[Hindutva]]-based parties, the RRP fought against the implementation of the [[Hindu code bills]] in India.<ref name=Bell>{{cite web|url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/15839-uniform-civil-code-how-rss-and-hindu-swamis-fought-tooth-and-nail-the-hindu-code-bill |title=Uniform Civil Code: How RSS and Hindu swamis fought tooth and nail the Hindu Code Bill |author=LS Herdenia}}</ref> The party eventually merged into the [[Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name=Bell/>
'''Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad''' ('''RRP''', "All India Council of Ram's Kingdom") was an Indian Hindu nationalist political party founded by [[Swami Karpatri]] in 1948.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Sajjan |title=The conservative challenge to Hindutva |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-conservative-challenge-to-hindutva/article32262217.ece |access-date=28 August 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=4 August 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref> The RRP won three [[Lok Sabha]] seats in the [[1952 Indian general election|1952 elections]] to the national [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] and two 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> In 1952, 1957 and 1962, it won several dozen [[Vidhan Sabha]] seats, all in the [[Hindi belt]], mostly in [[Rajasthan]]. Like other [[Hindutva]]-based parties, the RRP fought against the implementation of the [[Hindu code bills]] in India.<ref name=Bell>{{cite web|url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/15839-uniform-civil-code-how-rss-and-hindu-swamis-fought-tooth-and-nail-the-hindu-code-bill |title=Uniform Civil Code: How RSS and Hindu swamis fought tooth and nail the Hindu Code Bill |author=LS Herdenia}}</ref> The party eventually merged into the [[Jana Sangh]], the precursor to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name=Bell/> The election symbol of the party was the rising sun.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Election Commission of India |first= |date=16 July 2018 |title=Symbols of 14 National Political Parties that contested during the first General Elections in 1951 – 52. #ElectionCommissionOfIndia #ElectionCommission #ECI |url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dx1Tmnsno/ |website=Facebook}}</ref> In the 1950s, [[Swaroopanand Saraswati]] was its 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>


Presently in Punjab Adv. Gaurav Garg is working as President of Punjab and is working on the principles of Jagadguru Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati-ji Maharaj.
== Electoral performance ==


National president-Shri- Shiv gopal Sukla.
=== Lok Sabha ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Legislature
!Party leader
!Seats won
!Seats changed
!Percentage
(of votes)
!Votes swing
!Popular votes
!Outcome
|-
|[[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]]
|[[1st Lok Sabha]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Swami Karpatri]]
|3
|''newly formed''
|1.97%
|''newly formed''
|20,91,898
|
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[2nd Lok Sabha]]
|0
|{{Centre|{{decrease}}3}}
|0.38%
|{{Decrease}}1.59%
|4,60,838
|
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[3rd Lok Sabha]]
|2
|{{Centre|{{increase}}2}}
|0.60%
|{{Increase}}0.22%
|6,88,990
|
|}


National secretary- Jagdamba Mishra Advocate.
== 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>


==Notes==
==Bibliography==
{{reflist|2}}
* {{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 }}


==References==
==References==
* {{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 }}
{{reflist|2}}
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Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
AbbreviationRRP
PresidentSwaroopanand Saraswati (1950s)
FounderSwami Karpatri
Founded1948
Dissolved1971
Merged intoBhartiya Jana Sangh
IdeologyHindutva
Hindu Nationalism
Anti-Hindu Code Bill
Political positionFar-Right
ECI StatusRegistered Unrecognized Political Party (RUPP) (disputed)
Election symbol

Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (RRP, "All India Council of Ram's Kingdom") was an Indian Hindu nationalist political party founded by Swami Karpatri in 1948.[1] The RRP won three Lok Sabha seats in the 1952 elections to the national Parliament and two in 1962.[2] In 1952, 1957 and 1962, it won several dozen Vidhan Sabha seats, all in the Hindi belt, mostly in Rajasthan. Like other Hindutva-based parties, the RRP fought against the implementation of the Hindu code bills in India.[3] The party eventually merged into the Jana Sangh, the precursor to the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3] The election symbol of the party was the rising sun.[4] In the 1950s, Swaroopanand Saraswati was its president.[5]

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha

Year Legislature Party leader Seats won Seats changed Percentage

(of votes)

Votes swing Popular votes Outcome
1952 1st Lok Sabha Swami Karpatri 3 newly formed 1.97% newly formed 20,91,898
1957 2nd Lok Sabha 0
Decrease3
 0.38% Decrease1.59% 4,60,838
1962 3rd Lok Sabha 2
Increase2
 0.60% Increase0.22% 6,88,990

Misconceptions

Many modern media reports falsely attribute Hanwant Singh as the founder of the this party,[6][7][8] but it was actually founded by Swami Karpatri in 1948.[9][10]

Bibliography

  • Baxter, Craig (1971). The Jana Sangha. A Biography of an Indian Political Party. Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-7583-4.

References

  1. ↑ Kumar, Sajjan (4 August 2020). "The conservative challenge to Hindutva". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Biographical sketches of Third Lok Sabha". National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2006.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 LS Herdenia. "Uniform Civil Code: How RSS and Hindu swamis fought tooth and nail the Hindu Code Bill".
  4. ↑ Election Commission of India (16 July 2018). "Symbols of 14 National Political Parties that contested during the first General Elections in 1951 – 52. #ElectionCommissionOfIndia #ElectionCommission #ECI". Facebook.
  5. ↑ Singh, Soutik BiswasN K. (31 July 1993). "Controversial Shankaracharya, Swaroopanand challenges VHP's role in building Ram temple". India Today. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  6. ↑ Bhandari, Prakash (16 November 2023). "Rajasthan elections: Royals in the fray bear ancestral legacy". National Herald. Archived from the original on 9 November 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "Maharaja of Jodhpur used aircraft for LS campaigns in 1952 - The Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 September 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Election 2014: No thrill in princess versus pauper in Jodhpur - Politics News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  9. ↑ कुमावत, स्मित पालीवाल/रमेश (28 October 2023). "सीएम को 2 जगहों से हरवाने वाले हनवंत सिंह: फिर भी नहीं बनी राजशाही सरकार, जीतने से पहले पूर्व महाराज की मौत - Rajasthan News". Dainik Bhaskar (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  10. ↑ Baxter, Craig (1969). The Jana Sangh; a biography of an Indian political party. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-8122-7583-4.
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