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On Wednesday, at the centenary celebrations of RSS, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a special Rs 100 coin and commemorative postal stamp.

PM Modi who attended the event as the chief guest said that this is the first time in independent India, an image of Bharat Mata, seated on a lion in ‘varad mudra’ with swayamsevaks bowing, appears on national currency.

Founded in 1925 in Nagpur by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was established as a volunteer-based organisation with an aim to foster cultural awareness, discipline, service and social responsibility among citizens, an earlier statement said as per PTI.

It further added

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