The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India)The violent campaign to erect a temple to Lord Ram on a site occupied by a mosque in the north Indian city of Ayodhya is only the latest manifestation of extreme Hindu nationalism. Hindu chauvinists argue that India's Hindu heritage was usurped by the secular idealism of the Nehru dynasty and their pandering to the interests of minorities, above all the 120 million Muslims. In the 1991 general election the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), the principal political vehicle for Hindu militancy, won some notable victories and became the largest opposition party in parliament. |
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... communal and secular State , and communal bodies which have an entirely different approach on this issue [ ... ] Therefore , Congress candidates must be chosen with particular care so that they might represent the fully non - communal ...
... communal and secular State , and communal bodies which have an entirely different approach on this issue [ ... ] Therefore , Congress candidates must be chosen with particular care so that they might represent the fully non - communal ...
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... communal rioting , was actively reaffirming its secularist principles . The central government's fight against communalism Between 1954 and 1966 the average number of communal riots per annum was 70.2 . This figure rose to 209 in 1967 ...
... communal rioting , was actively reaffirming its secularist principles . The central government's fight against communalism Between 1954 and 1966 the average number of communal riots per annum was 70.2 . This figure rose to 209 in 1967 ...
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... communal tension and precipitating violence . If an electoral contest is being held at the same time , riots can serve to polarise local people on communal lines and thus create a ready - made Hindu constituency for the BJP . " This ...
... communal tension and precipitating violence . If an electoral contest is being held at the same time , riots can serve to polarise local people on communal lines and thus create a ready - made Hindu constituency for the BJP . " This ...
Contents
THREE HINDU NATIONALIST STRATEGIES | 11 |
A special kind of racism | 50 |
The primacy of social organism | 58 |
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