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

• Autore: Bapu Prabhu
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 322/.10954209041
• Soggetto topico: Hindutva - India - Uttar Pradesh - History; Hinduism and politics - India - Uttar Pradesh; Nationalism - Religious aspects - Hinduism; Hinduism - Relations - Islam; Islam - Relations - Hinduism
• Soggetto geografico: Uttar Pradesh (India) Politics and government
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Hindu Mahasabha in colonial North India, 1915-1930
• ISBN: 0-203-10574-5; 1-283-89386-X; 1-136-25500-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779445503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Studies in South Asian History