Claim: Volunteer members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Swayamsevaks) that had settled in Kenya in the 1940s started a shakha (branch), but since it was not on 'national' (rashtriya) soil, they were renamed as the branches of Bharatiya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Evidence: "National Volunteer Organisation"), is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation. After acquiring about 100 swayamsevaks (volunteers) to the RSS in 1927, Hedgewar took the issue to the Muslim domain. Since such shakhas were not on 'national' (rashtriya) soil, they were renamed as the branches of Bharatiya Swayamsevak Sangh, later Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS). Two volunteer members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Swayamsevaks) that had settled in Kenya in the 1940s and started a shakha (branch).