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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452518103321

Autore

Bapu Prabhu

Titolo

Hindu Mahasabha in colonial North India, 1915-1930 : constructing nation and history / / Prabhu Bapu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-10574-5

1-283-89386-X

1-136-25500-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in South Asian history

Disciplina

322/.10954209041

Soggetti

Hindutva - India - Uttar Pradesh - History

Hinduism and politics - India - Uttar Pradesh

Nationalism - Religious aspects - Hinduism

Hinduism - Relations - Islam

Islam - Relations - Hinduism

Electronic books.

Uttar Pradesh (India) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Hindu nationalism -- pt. 2. Sangathan ideology -- pt. 3. Hindu nation.

Sommario/riassunto

Hindu nationalism has emerged as a political ideology represented by the Hindu Mahasabha. This book explores the campaign for Hindu unity and organisation in the context of the Hindu-Muslim conflict in colonial north India in the early twentieth century. It argues that India's partition in 1947 was a result of the campaign and politics of the Hindu rightwing rather than the Islamist politics of the Muslim League alone.The book explains that the Mahasabha articulated Hindu nationalist ideology as a means of constructing a distinct Hindu political identity and unity among the Hindus in