Abhinav Bharat Society was founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1904. The organisation believed in armed revolution.
In 2006 Abhinav Bharat was founded by Major Ramesh Upadhyay an Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit in Pune Maharashtra. The activists of the organisations came into sharp focus after Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested its member for Malegaon blast case. The organisation has large base in Madhya Pradesh.