RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Tuesday (August 26, 2025) that common traditions of ancestors bind people living in undivided India since ancient times, asserting that the DNA of those living in the vast landmass for over 40,000 years is the same.

In his address to eminent personalities from different walks of life as his organisation inches towards 100 years of its journey, he defined Hindus in broad outlines of geography and traditions, and said some people know but do not acknowledge themselves as Hindus while some others do not know it.