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Hindutva logo #21000 Hindutva, a word coined by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in his 1923 pamphlet Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?, is the prominent set of movements advocating Hindu nationalism in India. An umbrella of organizations, called the Sangh Parivar, champions the concept of Hindutva. The sangh parivar comprises organizations such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RS...
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Hindutva

Hindutva logo #21003(from the article `Bharatiya Janata Party`) The BJP advocated Hindutva, an ideology that sought to define Indian culture in terms of Hindu values, and it was highly critical of the secular ... ...life.` He was brought back to India in 1921 and released from detention in 1924. While imprisoned he wrote Hinditva: Who Is a Hindu? (192...
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