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What was K.B. Hedgewar’s early background?

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K.B. Hedgewar was born in Nagpur, Central Provinces and Berar (Nagpur is now in Maharashtra state), into a Brahmin family. His parents died during an outbreak of bubonic plague when he was 13 years old. He studied medicine in Calcutta and received a Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery (LMS) degree in 1916.