When the RSS was banned in 1948 , following the Mahatma Gandhi assassination , and Golwalkar put in prison , the RSS held '' satyagrahas '' to protest against the ban . Of the 1,995 '' swayamsevaks '' that were arrested for the '' satyagraha '' , 498 were from the Ujjain district , 488 from the Indore district and 209 from Shajapur district . The strong foundation laid by Dani and his team in central India later led to the rise of the Jana Sangh from this area
Mahatma Gandhi assassination
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Prabhakar Balwant Dani