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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Priority given to the expansion of the shakha network The RSS represented the '
Hindu Rashtra in miniature ' because of ... newspapers in a given country form a
nation by virtue of the fact that they engage in the same activity , within the same
...
Priority given to the expansion of the shakha network The RSS represented the '
Hindu Rashtra in miniature ' because of ... newspapers in a given country form a
nation by virtue of the fact that they engage in the same activity , within the same
...
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... which at first is given and then traditionally accorded . 141 According to the
second aspect of this definition , ' notable ' designates personalities of local
influence , in a rural or an urban context . Among the criteria of notability , the
possession ...
... which at first is given and then traditionally accorded . 141 According to the
second aspect of this definition , ' notable ' designates personalities of local
influence , in a rural or an urban context . Among the criteria of notability , the
possession ...
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... Madhya Bharat had been receptive but in Mahakoshal the Jana Sangh had
concentrated on economic problems which , in Jabalpur especially , had been
seen as the outstanding ones even if the trading community had given strong
support ...
... Madhya Bharat had been receptive but in Mahakoshal the Jana Sangh had
concentrated on economic problems which , in Jabalpur especially , had been
seen as the outstanding ones even if the trading community had given strong
support ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THREE HINDU NATIONALIST STRATEGIES | 11 |
THE STRATEGY OF ETHNORELIGIOUS | 80 |
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