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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Page 252
The electoral strategy emphasising populist and nationalist themes which the
Jana Sangh adopted at the beginning of the 1970s was largely a compromise
between the demands of the local cadres – who were worried by the dilution of
the ...
The electoral strategy emphasising populist and nationalist themes which the
Jana Sangh adopted at the beginning of the 1970s was largely a compromise
between the demands of the local cadres – who were worried by the dilution of
the ...
Page 292
There , the ' culture of the shakha ' appeared to be largely incompatible with '
Janata culture ' . ' Shakha culture ' or ' Janata culture ' ? : the Janata Party in the
Hindi belt The reluctance of local Jana Sangh activists to accept any dilution of
their ...
There , the ' culture of the shakha ' appeared to be largely incompatible with '
Janata culture ' . ' Shakha culture ' or ' Janata culture ' ? : the Janata Party in the
Hindi belt The reluctance of local Jana Sangh activists to accept any dilution of
their ...
Page 522
However , the upper - caste overtone largely contradicted the nationalist mission
of the Hindu militant organisations as codified by Savarkar and later Golwalkar .
The Sangathanist modus operandi was first developed by the RSS in order to ...
However , the upper - caste overtone largely contradicted the nationalist mission
of the Hindu militant organisations as codified by Savarkar and later Golwalkar .
The Sangathanist modus operandi was first developed by the RSS in order to ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THREE HINDU NATIONALIST STRATEGIES | 11 |
THE STRATEGY OF ETHNORELIGIOUS | 80 |
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| Title | The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India) |
| Author | Christophe Jaffrelot |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Hurst, 1996 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 1850651701, 9781850651703 |
| Length | 592 pages |
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