Bajrang Dal
Indian militant Hindutva organisation
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Bajrang Dal (lit. 'Brigade of Bajrangbali') is an Indian militant Hindutva organisation that forms the youth wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). It is a member of the Sangh Parivar, led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary organisation. It was founded on 1 October 1984 in Uttar Pradesh, and began spreading more in the 2010s throughout India, although its most significant base remains the northern and central portions of the country.