Panchjanya (magazine)

Panchjanya
EditorHitesh Shankar
Managing EditorArun Kumar Goyal
Former editorsAtal Bihari Vajpayee
K.R. Malkani
CategoriesNews, Politics, Science, Sport, History
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherBharat Prakashan Delhi Limited
First issue1947; 77 years ago (1947)
CountryIndia
Based in2322, Sanskriti Bhavan, Laxmi Narain Street, Paharganj, New Delhi
LanguageHindi
Websitewww.panchjanya.com

Panchjanya is an Indian weekly magazine published by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Hindi. It was launched by RSS pracharak Deendayal Upadhyaya in 1948 in Lucknow.[1][2][3] RSS is a right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ Jaffrelot 1996, p. 124.
  2. ^ "Deendayal Upadhyaya". Bharatiya Janata party. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Editors of two RSS weeklies lose jobs over pro-Modi stand". Times of India. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. ^ McLeod, John (2002). The history of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 209–. ISBN 978-0-313-31459-9. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  5. ^ Andersen & Damle 1987, p. 111.
  6. ^ Horowitz, Donald L. (2001). The Deadly Ethnic Riot. University of California Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-0520224476.
  7. ^ Jeff Haynes (2 September 2003). Democracy and Political Change in the Third World. Routledge. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-1-134-54184-3.