38 Facts About Hindu nationalism

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Hindu nationalism has been collectively referred to as the expression of social and political thought, based on the native spiritual and cultural traditions of the Indian subcontinent.

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Diversity of Indian cultural groups and moderate positions of Hindu nationalism have sometimes made it regarded as cultural nationalism than a religious one.

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Hindu nationalism referred to the rest of Northern India as Mughlan and called the region infiltrated by Muslim foreigners.

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The Nepalese jati arrangement in terms of Hindu nationalism Varnashrama takes the Tagadhari to be the highest in the hierarchy.

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Hindu nationalism fought against Caste discrimination and advocated equal rights for women.

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Hindu nationalism opposed "Brahmanism" as much as he opposed Christianity and Islam.

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Hindu nationalism joined Brahmo Samaj briefly before meeting Ramakrishna, who was a priest in the temple of the goddess Kali in Calcutta and who was to become his guru.

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Hindu nationalism made Hindu spirituality, intellectually available to the Westernized audience.

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Hindu nationalism saw his effort very much in terms of a revitalisation of the Hindu nation, which carried Hindu spirituality and which could counter Western materialism.

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Hindu nationalism was inspired by the writings of Swami Vivekananda and the novels of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

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Hindu nationalism "based his claim for freedom for India on the inherent right to freedom, not on any charge of misgovernment or oppression".

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Hindu nationalism believed that the primary requisite for national progress, national reform, is the free habit of free and healthy national thought and action and that it was impossible in a state of servitude.

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Hindu nationalism was part of the Anushilan Samiti, a revolutionary group working towards the goal of Indian independence In his brief political career spanning only four years, he led a delegation from Bengal to the Indian National Congress session of 1907 and contributed to the revolutionary newspaper Bande Mataram.

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Influence of the Hindu renaissance movements was such that by the turn of the 20th century, there was a confluence of ideas of the Hindu cultural nationalism with the ideas of Indian nationalism.

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Hindu nationalism was influenced greatly by the Arya Samaj and was part of the Hindu reform movement.

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Hindu nationalism joined the Indian National Congress in 1888 and became a prominent figure in the Indian Independence Movement.

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Hindu nationalism has been widely acclaimed the "Father of Indian unrest" who used the press and Hindu occasions like Ganesh Chaturthi and symbols like the Cow to create unrest against the British administration in India.

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Hindu nationalism joined the Indian National Congress in 1886 and was one of the key members of revolutionary India House.

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Hindu nationalism was the president of the Indian National Congress in the year 1909 and 1918.

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Hindu nationalism was seen as a 'moderate' in the Congress and was considered very close to Gandhi.

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Hindu nationalism popularized the Sanskrit phrase "Satyameva Jayate", from the Mundaka Upanishad, which today is the national motto of the Republic of India.

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Hindu nationalism founded the Benaras Hindu University in 1919 and became its first Vice-Chancellor.

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Hindu nationalism spirituality formed the essential part of his political and social thought through his adult life, although there was no sense of bigotry or orthodoxy in it.

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Hindu nationalism was charged with sedition in 1921 by the British Administration and served a year in prison.

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Hindu nationalism joined the Jungle Satyagraha agitation in 1931 and served a second term in prison.

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Savarkar and members of the Hindu nationalism Mahasabha were extremely critical of Mahatma Gandhi's leadership.

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Some Hindu nationalism nationalists blamed Gandhi for conceding Pakistan to the Muslim League via appeasement.

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The Hindu nationalism Mahasabha, of which Godse was a member, lost membership and popularity.

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Hindu nationalism defined the word Hindu as: "Hindu nationalism who considers India as both his Fatherland and Holyland".

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Hindu nationalism thus defined Hindutva or Hindu as different from Hinduism.

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The concept of Hindu nationalism Polity called for the protection of Hindu nationalism people and their culture and emphasised that political and economic systems should be based on native thought rather than on the concepts borrowed from the West.

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Hindu nationalism wanted to hold Pakistan directly responsible for the terrible influx of millions of Hindu refugees from East Pakistan, who had left the state fearing religious suppression and violence aided by the state.

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Hindu nationalism was administered penicillin despite having informed the doctor-in-charge of his allergy to penicillin, and he died on 23 June 1953.

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Hindu nationalism cannot be a son of this soil at all who is intolerant of other faiths.

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Hindu nationalism Mahasabha won 13 seats and Ram Rajya Parishad won 4 seats, were not sufficient to oppose the Bill of Partition of India.

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Hindu nationalism gave the following clarification for the support of Hindu statehood in Nepal:.

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Hindu nationalism stated that the secularization of the state was done without the involvement of general public and thus, a referendum was due on the issue.

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Protestors claimed the Hindu nationalism statehood is a means of national unity and well being of the people.

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