Praveen Togadia : biography
1957 –
Pravin Togadia (born 1956) is an Indian doctor and advocate for Hindu nationalism. He is the International Working President of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). Togadia has been accused of making inflammatory speeches.
Public life
Personal life
Pravin Togadia was born in an agrarian family in Amreli district of Gujarat in 1956. He became associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) from a young age.
He studied medicine, got a bachelor’s degree (MBBS) in medicine followed by a master’s degree (MS) in Surgical Oncology. He practised as a surgeon for fourteen years, and established a small hospital, Dhanvantri Hospital, in Ahmedabad. He gave up active practice to get involved in full-time activism.