Two volunteer members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation) that had settled in Kenya in the 1940s started a shakha (branch), but since it was not on 'national' (rashtriya) soil, they were renamed as the branches of Bharatiya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Right-wing
Volunteer,
Paramilitary Hindu nationalism and Hindutva The RSS extended to foreign countries, where Hindus were recruited into organisations such as the Bharatiya Swayamsevak Sangh or the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh. Founded in the 1940s in Kenya, it is currently active in 39 countries and boasts well over 1500 branches. Two volunteer members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Swayamsevaks) that had settled in Kenya in the 1940s and started a shakha (branch). Since such shakhas were not on 'national' (rashtriya) soil, they were renamed as the branches of Bharatiya Swayamsevak Sangh, later Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS). 
