Nattassery is one of the most significant physical regions in Kottayam District. Actually Nattassery is having no Headquarters. It is constituted by some parts of Kumaranalloor, Vijayapuram Gramapanchayaths and some part of Kottayam Municipality.
Places of Interest:
1. Timber Depot (Forest District Headquarters), Parampuzha
2. Suryakaladi Mana
3. Banks of Meenachil River
4. Ponpally-Kalathipady Road
Connectivity:
1. MC Road - Via Chavittuvari, Kumaranalloor, Neelimangalam
2. KK Road - Via Kanjikkuzhy, Iranjal
3. Other Urban and Non-Urban Roads
Monday, August 23, 2010
THE FOUNDER
Keshav Baliram Hedgewar was born on Varsha Pratipada, the Hindu New Year Day, 1st April 1889, at Nagpur. Even as a child he started questioning how a handful of foreigners could for so long rule over a vast and ancient nation like Bharat. No wonder that he threw away the sweets distributed on the occasion of the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria's coronation. He was eight years old at the time. When studying in high school he started participating in nationalist activities, and, in fact, unfurled the banner of independence during Dusserah at Rampayali in 1907. The intensity of his urge to free the Motherland grew steadily. In 1908, he was expelled from school for leading the students in raising the 'seditious' cry of 'Vande Mataram'. He had to move to Pune to complete his matriculation.
Hedgewar opted for a medical course in Calcutta, chiefly prompted by the prospect of getting first-hand acquaintance with the underground movement. He soon became a core member of one of the leading revolutionary groups called Anusheelan Samiti, and also plunged himself into various social-service activities. When the river Damodar was in floods in 1913, he rushed to join the relief team.
He returned to Nagpur in 1916 as a qualified doctor. However, he did not (indeed never intended to) practice medicine despite dire poverty at home. Remaining a bachelor, he preferred to become a physician to cure the ills of the nation. By then, he had established active contact with stalwarts like Lokmanya Tilak, Dr. Munje and Loknayak M.S. Anay. He worked in responsible positions in the Congress and Hindu Mahasabha, till the early 1920s.
Hedgewar's public speeches of those days were sheer fire and brimstone. It was not long before he had to face court-trials. In one such trial, he defended himself declaring, 'The only government that has a right to exist is a government of the people. The Europeans and those who call themselves thc government of this country should recognise that the time for their graceful exit is approaching." He was awarded one year's rigorous imprisonment.
After release from prison, Dr. Hedgewar, while continuously immersed in various social and political activities, intensified his quest for an understanding of the true nature of our nation for whose freedom the struggle was being carried on. Political emancipation from the foreign rule alone could not provide the cure for all the nation's ills.
Bharat is not a nation born recently. It has not only been a nation for millennia, but also had made phenomenal progress in science, commerce, arts, technology, agriculture and other spheres, not to mention philosophy and the spiritual domain wherein its achievements continue to elicit wonderment to this day. It is also a fact of history that the cultural empire of Bharat extended to the whole of South-east Asia for over four centuries. Equally, it is a sad fact of history that social disunity and dissension have been the cause of Bharat's political subjugation by alien invaders.
Thc 800-year-long resistance of the Hindus to Islamic rule had its own lesson for the British. Seeing that physical repression would not be of much avail, the British, through subtle and not-so-subtle ways, attempted to subvert the Hindu mind itself. They did succeed in part; and a Westward-looking social segment was created, mainly through enforcing the new system of education tailered to generate armies of clerks end 'brown sahibs'. Needless to say, in such an environment, a cleavage developed between the society and its cultural roots and legacy. The nation's identity became eroded.
It was to such a national self-oblivion that a cure had to be found. The Congress leaders' policy of appeasement of the Muslims was but one symptom of the malaise. It is an irony of history that - even after paying the ultimate price of vivisection of their cherished motherland - the Hindus have been treated as second-order citizens by successive governments of post-lndependence Bharat.
This was indeed foreseen by Dr. Hedgewar. Years of thinking had convinced him that a strong and united Hindu society alone is the sine qua non for not only the all-round prosperity but for the very survival of Bharat as an independent sovereign nation. Social cohesion alone could ensure national integrity.
Dr. Hedgewar's response to this challenge was the founding of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1925.
The sweep and amplitude of one great mind can be fully grasped only by minds with a like vision and imagination. Thus, even in the early days of the Sangh, it drew praise and approval from eminent stalwarts including Mahatma Gandhi, Savarkar, Subhash Chandra Bose, Madan Mohan Malaviya and others.
The first Shakha of the Sangh was started with a handful of youth at Nagpur. Gradually, Shakhas sprouted in other provinces. Soon, there were vast numbers of 'Pracharaks' (whole-time social workers totally dedicated to nation-building activities) working for fulfilment of the Sangh mission.
Dr. Hedgewar toiled night and day to lay a secure foundation for strengthening and growth of the Sangh. That tremendous work spanning fifteen years did take its toll, and Dr. Hedgewar succumbed to illness on 21st June 1940 - at the comparatively young age of 51.
From 1940 onwards, the task of steering the organisation as the second Sar-sanghachalak came upon the shoulders of Sri Guruji (Madhav Sadashiva Golwalkar: 19.2.1906 - 5.G.1973). He, with his tireless movement all through the year to each and every province meeting the swayamsevaks, inspiring them to put in more time and energy, made the Sangh grow rapidly even upto far-off places in Assam and Kerala. The Sangh which previously had only a few Shakhas in and around Nagpur, Vidarbha, Maharashtra and in some distant places like Lahore, Delhi, Varanasi, Calcutta and Madras began to spread with his inspiring personality at the helm, far and wide, in the highly surcharged prevailing political atmosphere of the country, then struggling for its freedom, with ever increasing number of Pracharaks submitting themselves for the Sangh work, giving a further fillip to the process. Sri Guruji, with his great erudition, cogently propounded the historical and sociological background, and the logicality of the concept of Hindu Rashtra, which until then was just an empirical thought. He thus widened the ideological base of the Sangh, making it intelligible to a lay villager and the urban intellectual alike. With his uncompromising stress on the one-hour Shakha technique through his own word and deed, he perfected the Sangh methodology also, in every minute detail, thus making it, through proper samskars, an ideal instrument. As more and more co-workers, imbued with Sangh ideology and organisational skill, got ready, with his blessings, one after another organisation (like ABVP BMS, BJS and BKVA etc.) began to branch forth, as and when the circumstances demanded.
In the meantime, after the assassination of Gandhiji, the Sangh also had to - though unjustly and temoporarily - pass through the fire-ordeal of a ban, but ultimately it came out totally unblemished and as out of eclipse again continued with its mission. In 1973, after thirty-three years of long and unstinted stewardship, when Sri Guruji passed away, the responsibility was passe d on to Sri Balasaheb Deoras (Madhukar Dattatreya Deoras: born 11.12.1915) the present and third Sar-sanghachalak.
In the last twenty years, under Sri Balasaheb Deoras, the growth of the Sangh, apart from geographical spread far and wide, has been meteoric, with leaping numbers of varied service projects and ever expanding horizons of the "Sangh Pariwar".
Keshav Baliram Hedgewar was born on Varsha Pratipada, the Hindu New Year Day, 1st April 1889, at Nagpur. Even as a child he started questioning how a handful of foreigners could for so long rule over a vast and ancient nation like Bharat. No wonder that he threw away the sweets distributed on the occasion of the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria's coronation. He was eight years old at the time. When studying in high school he started participating in nationalist activities, and, in fact, unfurled the banner of independence during Dusserah at Rampayali in 1907. The intensity of his urge to free the Motherland grew steadily. In 1908, he was expelled from school for leading the students in raising the 'seditious' cry of 'Vande Mataram'. He had to move to Pune to complete his matriculation.
Hedgewar opted for a medical course in Calcutta, chiefly prompted by the prospect of getting first-hand acquaintance with the underground movement. He soon became a core member of one of the leading revolutionary groups called Anusheelan Samiti, and also plunged himself into various social-service activities. When the river Damodar was in floods in 1913, he rushed to join the relief team.
He returned to Nagpur in 1916 as a qualified doctor. However, he did not (indeed never intended to) practice medicine despite dire poverty at home. Remaining a bachelor, he preferred to become a physician to cure the ills of the nation. By then, he had established active contact with stalwarts like Lokmanya Tilak, Dr. Munje and Loknayak M.S. Anay. He worked in responsible positions in the Congress and Hindu Mahasabha, till the early 1920s.
Hedgewar's public speeches of those days were sheer fire and brimstone. It was not long before he had to face court-trials. In one such trial, he defended himself declaring, 'The only government that has a right to exist is a government of the people. The Europeans and those who call themselves thc government of this country should recognise that the time for their graceful exit is approaching." He was awarded one year's rigorous imprisonment.
After release from prison, Dr. Hedgewar, while continuously immersed in various social and political activities, intensified his quest for an understanding of the true nature of our nation for whose freedom the struggle was being carried on. Political emancipation from the foreign rule alone could not provide the cure for all the nation's ills.
Bharat is not a nation born recently. It has not only been a nation for millennia, but also had made phenomenal progress in science, commerce, arts, technology, agriculture and other spheres, not to mention philosophy and the spiritual domain wherein its achievements continue to elicit wonderment to this day. It is also a fact of history that the cultural empire of Bharat extended to the whole of South-east Asia for over four centuries. Equally, it is a sad fact of history that social disunity and dissension have been the cause of Bharat's political subjugation by alien invaders.
Thc 800-year-long resistance of the Hindus to Islamic rule had its own lesson for the British. Seeing that physical repression would not be of much avail, the British, through subtle and not-so-subtle ways, attempted to subvert the Hindu mind itself. They did succeed in part; and a Westward-looking social segment was created, mainly through enforcing the new system of education tailered to generate armies of clerks end 'brown sahibs'. Needless to say, in such an environment, a cleavage developed between the society and its cultural roots and legacy. The nation's identity became eroded.
It was to such a national self-oblivion that a cure had to be found. The Congress leaders' policy of appeasement of the Muslims was but one symptom of the malaise. It is an irony of history that - even after paying the ultimate price of vivisection of their cherished motherland - the Hindus have been treated as second-order citizens by successive governments of post-lndependence Bharat.
This was indeed foreseen by Dr. Hedgewar. Years of thinking had convinced him that a strong and united Hindu society alone is the sine qua non for not only the all-round prosperity but for the very survival of Bharat as an independent sovereign nation. Social cohesion alone could ensure national integrity.
Dr. Hedgewar's response to this challenge was the founding of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1925.
The sweep and amplitude of one great mind can be fully grasped only by minds with a like vision and imagination. Thus, even in the early days of the Sangh, it drew praise and approval from eminent stalwarts including Mahatma Gandhi, Savarkar, Subhash Chandra Bose, Madan Mohan Malaviya and others.
The first Shakha of the Sangh was started with a handful of youth at Nagpur. Gradually, Shakhas sprouted in other provinces. Soon, there were vast numbers of 'Pracharaks' (whole-time social workers totally dedicated to nation-building activities) working for fulfilment of the Sangh mission.
Dr. Hedgewar toiled night and day to lay a secure foundation for strengthening and growth of the Sangh. That tremendous work spanning fifteen years did take its toll, and Dr. Hedgewar succumbed to illness on 21st June 1940 - at the comparatively young age of 51.
From 1940 onwards, the task of steering the organisation as the second Sar-sanghachalak came upon the shoulders of Sri Guruji (Madhav Sadashiva Golwalkar: 19.2.1906 - 5.G.1973). He, with his tireless movement all through the year to each and every province meeting the swayamsevaks, inspiring them to put in more time and energy, made the Sangh grow rapidly even upto far-off places in Assam and Kerala. The Sangh which previously had only a few Shakhas in and around Nagpur, Vidarbha, Maharashtra and in some distant places like Lahore, Delhi, Varanasi, Calcutta and Madras began to spread with his inspiring personality at the helm, far and wide, in the highly surcharged prevailing political atmosphere of the country, then struggling for its freedom, with ever increasing number of Pracharaks submitting themselves for the Sangh work, giving a further fillip to the process. Sri Guruji, with his great erudition, cogently propounded the historical and sociological background, and the logicality of the concept of Hindu Rashtra, which until then was just an empirical thought. He thus widened the ideological base of the Sangh, making it intelligible to a lay villager and the urban intellectual alike. With his uncompromising stress on the one-hour Shakha technique through his own word and deed, he perfected the Sangh methodology also, in every minute detail, thus making it, through proper samskars, an ideal instrument. As more and more co-workers, imbued with Sangh ideology and organisational skill, got ready, with his blessings, one after another organisation (like ABVP BMS, BJS and BKVA etc.) began to branch forth, as and when the circumstances demanded.
In the meantime, after the assassination of Gandhiji, the Sangh also had to - though unjustly and temoporarily - pass through the fire-ordeal of a ban, but ultimately it came out totally unblemished and as out of eclipse again continued with its mission. In 1973, after thirty-three years of long and unstinted stewardship, when Sri Guruji passed away, the responsibility was passe d on to Sri Balasaheb Deoras (Madhukar Dattatreya Deoras: born 11.12.1915) the present and third Sar-sanghachalak.
In the last twenty years, under Sri Balasaheb Deoras, the growth of the Sangh, apart from geographical spread far and wide, has been meteoric, with leaping numbers of varied service projects and ever expanding horizons of the "Sangh Pariwar".
HISTORY...............
1925ൽ നാഗ്പൂരിലാണ് ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സ് സ്ഥാപിക്കപ്പെട്ടത്. കേശവ് ബലിറാം ഹെഡ്ഗേവാർ എന്ന നാഗ്പൂർ സ്വദേശിയായ ഡോക്ടറാണ് ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സിന്റെ സ്ഥാപകൻ.
മെഡിക്കൽ വിദ്യാർത്ഥിയായിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ അദ്ദേഹം ഇന്ത്യൻ നാഷണൽ കോൺഗ്രസ്സിന്റെ ഭാഗമായി സ്വാതന്ത്രസമരത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുത്തിരുന്നു. 1921 ൽ ഒരു വർഷക്കാലം ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് ഗവണ്മെന്റ് അദ്ദേഹത്തെ ജയിലിൽ അടച്ചു. നാഗ്പൂരിൽ തിരിചെത്തിയതിനു ശേഷം 1925 ൽ ആർ.എസ്.എസ്സിന്റെ രൂപവത്കരണം വരെ ഇൻഡ്യൻ നാഷണൽ കോൺഗ്രസ്സിന്റെ സജീവ പ്രവർത്തകനായിരുന്നു.എന്നാൽ സംഘടനാരൂപവത്കരണത്തിനു ശേഷം ഹെഡ്ഗേവാറും കൂട്ടരും സ്വാതന്ത്രസമരത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുത്തുപോന്നെങ്കിലും ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സിനെ അതിൽനിന്നും അകറ്റി നിർത്തി.1931 ൽ ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് ഭരണത്തിനെതിരായുള്ള ഒരു പ്രക്ഷോഭത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെട്ടതിനു രണ്ടാം തവണയും ജയിലിൽ ആയി.
ഭാരത്തിന്റെ സ്വാതന്ത്രവും സംസ്ക്കാരവും സംരക്ഷിക്കാൻ ഹിന്ദുക്കൾ ഒന്നിക്കണമെന്ന് ഹെഡ്ഗേവാർ ആഹ്വാനം ചെയ്തു. 1927 ലെ നാഗ്പൂർ കലാപത്തിനു ശേഷമാണ് ആർ.എസ്.എസ്സിന് വൻ പ്രചാരം ലഭിച്ചത്.
1951 ഇൽ 'വിനോഭ ഭാവെ' എന്ന ഗാന്ധിയൻ നേതൃത്വം നൽകിയ ഭൂവിതരണ പരിപാടിയിൽ സ്വയം സേവകർ പങ്കെടുത്തു. ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സ് നേതാവ് ഗോൾവാൾക്കർ ഇത്തരം പരിഷ്കരണത്തിനായി ഉല്ഘോഷിക്കുകയും, സഹായിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.
1962 ഇന്ത്യ-ചൈന യുദ്ധത്തിൽ ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സ്, അന്നത്തെ പ്രധാന മന്ത്രി ജവഹർലാൽ നെഹ്രുവിനെ സഹായിക്കുകയും 1963 ലെ റിപ്പബ്ലിക് പരേഡിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കാൻ നെഹ്റു ക്ഷണിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. അങ്ങനെ, 3000 ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സ് പ്രവർത്തകർ (സ്വയം സേവകർ) പരേഡിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. ഇത് RSS ന്റെ രാജ്യസ്നേഹം ജനങ്ങളിൽ എത്തിക്കാൻ സഹായിച്ചു.
1975 ഇൽ ഇന്ദിര ഗാന്ധി ഭാരതത്തിൽ നിരോധനാജ്ഞ കൊണ്ടുവന്നപ്പോൾ മറ്റു പല സംഘടനകളെപ്പോലെ ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സ്ഉം നിരോധിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. എന്നാൽ ഈ നിരോധനത്തിനെ മറികടന്ന് ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് സ്വയം സേവകർ അടിസ്ഥാന അവകാശങ്ങൾക്ക് വേണ്ടി സത്യാഗ്രഹം നടത്തി. ജനാധിപത്യം തിരിച്ചു കൊണ്ടുവരാൻ ആയി രഹസ്യമായി പ്രവർത്തിച്ചു. അതിനായി മറ്റു ജനാധിപത്യ പാർട്ടികളുമായി അടുത്ത് പ്രവർത്തിച്ചു. ലണ്ടനിലെ 'ദി എകൊനോമിസ്റ്റ്' ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സിനെ വിശേഷിപ്പിച്ചത് 'ലോകത്തിലെ ഏക ഇടതുപക്ഷമല്ലാത്ത വിപ്ലവ ശക്തി' എന്നാണ്. 1977 ഇൽ നിരോധനാജ്ഞ പിൻവലിച്ചപ്പോൾ ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സിന്റെന്റെയും നിരോധനം പിൻവലിച്ചു.
1984 ലെ കോൺഗ്രസുകാർ നടത്തിയ സിഖ് വിരുദ്ധ കൂട്ടകൊലയിൽ സിഖ് വംശജരെ സംരക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിൽ പങ്ക് വഹിച്ചു
മെഡിക്കൽ വിദ്യാർത്ഥിയായിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ അദ്ദേഹം ഇന്ത്യൻ നാഷണൽ കോൺഗ്രസ്സിന്റെ ഭാഗമായി സ്വാതന്ത്രസമരത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുത്തിരുന്നു. 1921 ൽ ഒരു വർഷക്കാലം ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് ഗവണ്മെന്റ് അദ്ദേഹത്തെ ജയിലിൽ അടച്ചു. നാഗ്പൂരിൽ തിരിചെത്തിയതിനു ശേഷം 1925 ൽ ആർ.എസ്.എസ്സിന്റെ രൂപവത്കരണം വരെ ഇൻഡ്യൻ നാഷണൽ കോൺഗ്രസ്സിന്റെ സജീവ പ്രവർത്തകനായിരുന്നു.എന്നാൽ സംഘടനാരൂപവത്കരണത്തിനു ശേഷം ഹെഡ്ഗേവാറും കൂട്ടരും സ്വാതന്ത്രസമരത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുത്തുപോന്നെങ്കിലും ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സിനെ അതിൽനിന്നും അകറ്റി നിർത്തി.1931 ൽ ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് ഭരണത്തിനെതിരായുള്ള ഒരു പ്രക്ഷോഭത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെട്ടതിനു രണ്ടാം തവണയും ജയിലിൽ ആയി.
ഭാരത്തിന്റെ സ്വാതന്ത്രവും സംസ്ക്കാരവും സംരക്ഷിക്കാൻ ഹിന്ദുക്കൾ ഒന്നിക്കണമെന്ന് ഹെഡ്ഗേവാർ ആഹ്വാനം ചെയ്തു. 1927 ലെ നാഗ്പൂർ കലാപത്തിനു ശേഷമാണ് ആർ.എസ്.എസ്സിന് വൻ പ്രചാരം ലഭിച്ചത്.
1951 ഇൽ 'വിനോഭ ഭാവെ' എന്ന ഗാന്ധിയൻ നേതൃത്വം നൽകിയ ഭൂവിതരണ പരിപാടിയിൽ സ്വയം സേവകർ പങ്കെടുത്തു. ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സ് നേതാവ് ഗോൾവാൾക്കർ ഇത്തരം പരിഷ്കരണത്തിനായി ഉല്ഘോഷിക്കുകയും, സഹായിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.
1962 ഇന്ത്യ-ചൈന യുദ്ധത്തിൽ ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സ്, അന്നത്തെ പ്രധാന മന്ത്രി ജവഹർലാൽ നെഹ്രുവിനെ സഹായിക്കുകയും 1963 ലെ റിപ്പബ്ലിക് പരേഡിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കാൻ നെഹ്റു ക്ഷണിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. അങ്ങനെ, 3000 ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സ് പ്രവർത്തകർ (സ്വയം സേവകർ) പരേഡിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. ഇത് RSS ന്റെ രാജ്യസ്നേഹം ജനങ്ങളിൽ എത്തിക്കാൻ സഹായിച്ചു.
1975 ഇൽ ഇന്ദിര ഗാന്ധി ഭാരതത്തിൽ നിരോധനാജ്ഞ കൊണ്ടുവന്നപ്പോൾ മറ്റു പല സംഘടനകളെപ്പോലെ ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സ്ഉം നിരോധിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. എന്നാൽ ഈ നിരോധനത്തിനെ മറികടന്ന് ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് സ്വയം സേവകർ അടിസ്ഥാന അവകാശങ്ങൾക്ക് വേണ്ടി സത്യാഗ്രഹം നടത്തി. ജനാധിപത്യം തിരിച്ചു കൊണ്ടുവരാൻ ആയി രഹസ്യമായി പ്രവർത്തിച്ചു. അതിനായി മറ്റു ജനാധിപത്യ പാർട്ടികളുമായി അടുത്ത് പ്രവർത്തിച്ചു. ലണ്ടനിലെ 'ദി എകൊനോമിസ്റ്റ്' ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സിനെ വിശേഷിപ്പിച്ചത് 'ലോകത്തിലെ ഏക ഇടതുപക്ഷമല്ലാത്ത വിപ്ലവ ശക്തി' എന്നാണ്. 1977 ഇൽ നിരോധനാജ്ഞ പിൻവലിച്ചപ്പോൾ ആർ.എസ്സ്.എസ്സിന്റെന്റെയും നിരോധനം പിൻവലിച്ചു.
1984 ലെ കോൺഗ്രസുകാർ നടത്തിയ സിഖ് വിരുദ്ധ കൂട്ടകൊലയിൽ സിഖ് വംശജരെ സംരക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിൽ പങ്ക് വഹിച്ചു
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