# RSS and Hindu Mahasabha opposed Quit India, records show 2026-08-15T06:01:40+00:00 | Politics | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Hindu Mahasabha opposed the Quit India Movement in 1942, while the RSS stayed away from the freedom struggle, The Federal reports. In a July 26, 1942 letter to Bengal Lieutenant Governor John Herbert, Hindu Mahasabha leader Syama Prasad Mookerjee, then a minister in the Fazlul Haque ministry, backed the British administration’s effort to prevent Congress-led protests. He argued that wartime disorder could endanger Bengal as Japanese forces advanced in Asia. The Federal also cites RSS chief MS Golwalkar’s writings opposing the idea that resistance to British rule was nationalism. After Independence, RSS publications attacked the tricolour and advocated the bhagwa dhwaj. The article contrasts this record with the BJP-led government’s recent support for Har Ghar Tiranga and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tributes to the 1942 movement. ## Coverage - thefederal.com Tags: Har Ghar Tiranga, Hindu Mahasabha, Quit India Movement, RSS, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/rss-and-hindu-mahasabha-opposed-quit-india-records-show/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/rss-and-hindu-mahasabha-opposed-quit-india-records-show/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.