Vasantrao Oak (13 May 1914 – 9 August 2000) was one of the earliest pracharaks (
transl. publicists) and leaders of
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Hindu Nationalist organisation in India.[1][2][3][4]
In October 1946, Oak along with Dadarao Parmarth and Krishna Paranjape established first shakhas, daily meetups of RSS, in Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Shillong which were part of
Assam Province.[5][6][1][7][8] Oak had played an important role in establishing
Bharatiya Jana Sangh along with
Syama Prasad Mukherjee.[3][9]
^Andersen, Walter (1972). "The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: I: Early Concerns". Economic and Political Weekly. 7 (11): 589–597.
ISSN0012-9976.
JSTOR4361126.
^India, a reference annual. Research and Reference Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1957. p. 581.{{
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