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2 days ago · The history of Hinduism covers a wide variety of related religious traditions native to the Indian subcontinent. [1] It overlaps or coincides with the development of religion in the Indian subcontinent since the Iron Age, with some of its traditions tracing back to prehistoric religions such as those of the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilisation.
3 days ago · Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism, is a right-wing ethno-nationalist political ideology in India that was first defined in the early 1920s by nationalist activist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. It is most closely associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (Hindi/English: Indian People’s Party; BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Hindi: National Volunteer Organization; RSS), a paramilitary ...
1 day ago · Hindu nationalism Main articles: Hindu nationalism and Hindutva Christophe Jaffrelot states that modern Hindu nationalism was born in Maharashtra , in the 1920s, as a reaction to the Islamic Khilafat Movement wherein Indian Muslims championed and took the cause of the Turkish Ottoman sultan as the Caliph of all Muslims, at the end of the World ...
1 day ago · Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; [pron 1] 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
- Assassination (gunshot wounds)
- Indian National Congress (1920–1934)
2 days ago · Jawaharlal Nehru ( / ˈneɪru / NAY-roo or / ˈnɛru / NEH-roo; [1] Hindi: [ˈdʒəʋɑːɦəɾˈlɑːl ˈneːɦɾuː] ⓘ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, statesman, secular humanist, social democrat, [2] and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a ...
2 days ago · The Indian Independence Movement, was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal. It later took root in the newly formed Indian ...
5 days ago · Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (born May 28, 1883, Bhagur, India—died February 26, 1966, Bombay [now Mumbai]) was a Hindu and Indian nationalist and leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha (“Great Society of Hindus”), a Hindu nationalist organization and political party. His definition of Hindutva launched the modern Hindu nationalist movement.
