''Panchjanya'' is an Indian weekly magazine published by

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(RSS) in

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. It was launched by

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in 1948 in Lucknow. RSS is a

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volunteer organisation that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the

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History

The weekly was launched on 14 January 1948, the day of Makara Sankranthi. Its first editor was

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. The inaugural cover page carried a picture of

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with its objective to pursue idealism based on patriotism and to uphold the cultural heritage of India. Chief Editors have included

K. R. Malkani Kewalram Ratanmal Malkani (19 November 1921 – 27 October 2003) was a journalist, historian and politician associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 1991 to 1994. He was Member of ...

. It is now edited by Hitesh Shankar, who was formerly an editor of ''Hindustan''. He is also the member of IIMC's new executive council. In 1995, the Audit Bureau of Circulation credited the magazine with a circulation of 85,000 copies, a figure which Tarun Vijay claimed that it has crossed the 1

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. However, its 2013 circulation was 50,000 copies.New editor for RSS Hindi weekly
Indian Express, 15 February 2013

Controversy

''Panchjanya'' in its 2015 October 25 edition carried a cover story s Utpat ke Us paar’ (The other side of this disturbance)’ by Hindi writer Tufail Chaturvediin which it justifies the Dadri incident, saying 'the Vedas order that a sinner who slaughters a cow must be killed. For a lot of us, this is a question of life and death'. In September 2021, it published a 4 page cover story criticising the glitches in GST Tax Portal developed by

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. The article questioned if any "anti-national power is trying to hurt India's economic interests through it". This article caused a lot of controversy in Indian politics and IT industry. Later, the communications chief of RSS clarified that "''Panchajanya'' is not a mouthpiece of the RSS and the said article or opinions expressed in it should not be linked with the Sangh".

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