Hindutva

thumb|Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the founder of Hindutva.

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Instance of: political movement
Subclass of: Islamophobia
Country: India
Image: Prime Minister Modi at Tirupati Balaji Temple.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Hindutva
discoverer or inventor: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
hashtag: hindutva

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Contents

Etymology
Definitions of the term
Savarkar
Supreme Court of India
Ideology and themes
Unified Hindu identity and religious nationalism
Upper casteism
Separatism
Pseudohistory
Hostility towards academic freedom
Fascism
Hindutva and Nazism
History
Origins
Adoption
Growth
Hindutva under Modi (2014–present)
Abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir
Ayodhya dispute
Forced conversion bans
Organisations
Sangh Parivar
Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Bharatiya Janata Party
Concepts and issues
Uniform Civil Code
Protection of Hindu interests
Hindutva violence
Cow vigilantism
Hindutva pop
See also
Explanatory notes
References
Citations
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

thumb|Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the founder of Hindutva.

Hindutva is a Hindu nationalist political ideology encompassing the belief in establishing Hindu hegemony within India. The political ideology was formulated by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1922. It is used by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the current ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and other organisations, collectively called the Sangh Parivar.

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