Moropant Pingley

Who was Moropant Pingley?

Moreshwar Nilkanth Pingley, often referred as 'Moropant', was a senior RSS leader in India. He is merited as "हिन्दु जागरणाचा सरसेनानी", literally, "Commander of Hindu awakening". During his 65 years of service as a संघ प्रचारक, he held numerous berths, most notable of them being the अखिल भारतीय बौध्दिक प्रमुख. He was one of the six unofficial Sarsanghchalaks during the 1975 emergency in India. He was reported by the Indian media as the "Field Marshal" of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, which resulted in the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992. Numerous projects were undertaken under his mentorship: गौ-संशोधन, सरस्वती नदी शोध, ईतिहास पुनर्लेखन, to name a few. This made him earn the title of Sangh's प्रकल्प पुरुष. Moropant shunned publicity. He would be best described as one who is everywhere yet nowhere; well-known and yet less known, pervasive and yet never intrusive and lived in the true spirit of a Swayamsevak.