Hindutva
Overview
- For Veer Savarkar's book, see Hindutva (book).
Hindutva (Devanagari: हिन्दुत्व, "Hinduness", a word coined by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Vināyak Dāmodar Sāvarkar was an Indian freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician. He was the proponent of liberty as the ultimate ideal. Savarkar was a poet, writer and playwright...
in his 1923 pamphlet entitled Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?
Hindutva: Who Is a Hindu?
Hindutva: Who is a Hindu? is a 1923 ideological pamphlet by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.The text exhibits one of the early uses of the term "Hindutva"...
) is the term used to describe movements advocating Hindu nationalism
Hindu nationalism
Hindu nationalism has been collectively referred to as the expressions of social and political thought, based on the native spiritual and cultural traditions of historical India...
. Members of the movement are called Hindutvavādis.
In India, an umbrella organization called the Sangh Parivar
Sangh Parivar
The Sangh Parivar refers to the family of organisations of Hindu nationalists which have been started by members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or are inspired by its ideas. The Sangh Parivar represents the Hindu nationalist movement. It includes the RSS and several dozen smaller...
champions the concept of Hindutva.
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