   the sangh parivar (translation: family of sangh) refers to the family of hindu nationalist organisations which have been started by members of the rashtriya swayamsevak sangh (rss) or are inspired by its ideas. the sangh parivar represents the hindu nationalist movement.saha 2004:274 it includes the rss and several dozen smaller organisations, whose members' expressed opinions have been diverse over a range of topics.thakurta & raghuraman, 2004:91 nominally, the different organizations within the sangh parivar run independently and have different policies and activities. ==members== the sangh parivar includes the following organisations (1998 membership figures in brackets): *bharatiya jan sangh, a political party that existed from 1951 to 1977. *bharatiya janata party (bjp), literally, indian people's party (23m) *bharatiya kisan sangh, literally, indian farmers' association (8m) *bharatiya mazdoor sangh, literally, indian labour association (10 million as on 2009) *bharatiya railway sangh a trade union for railway workers *fishermen's co-op societies (2.2m) *vivekananda medical mission (1.7m) *akhil bharatiya shaikshik mahasangh, literally, all india indian teachers organisation (1.8m) *seva bharti (na) *bharatiya vikas parishad (1.8m) *deen dayal shodh sansthan (1.7m) *rashtra sevika samiti, literally, national volunteer association for women (1.8m) *akhil bharatiya vidyarthi parishad, literally, all india students' forum (2.8m) *bharatiya janata yuva morcha- youth wing of bjp (1.8m) *shiksha bharati (2.1m) *vishwa hindu parishad, world hindu council (2.8m) *hindu swayamsevak sangh, literally, hindu volunteer association â overseas wing *hindu students council, overseas *swadeshi jagaran manch, nativist awakening front *bhartiya neeti snasthan, india policy foundation *saraswati shishu mandir, nursery *vidya bharati, educational institutes *bharatiya shikshan mandal, *lok bharti, national ngo's front *dharm jagaran, organization of monks & sanyasi *vanavasi kalyan ashram, organisation for the improvement of tribals *muslim rashtriya manch, organisation for the improvement of muslims *bajrang dal, army of hanuman (2m) *bharat-tibet maitri sangh, india-tibet friendship association *anusuchit jati-jamati arakshan bachao parishad, organisation for the improvement of [[
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