The U.P. Congress and 'Hindu Unity': Untouchables and the minority question in the 1930s
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Gandhi's movement for untouchable uplift, the broad range of political positions that could be mobilized in support of a unified 'Hindu' nation and how the untouchable uplift movement unleashed discussions about Hindu society are investigated. Untouchable separatism can be characterized as a battle against religious unification.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2005
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The rise of Hindu nationalism in India: The case study of Ahmedabad in the 1980s
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Studies show the rise and nature of communalism since the mid-1980s, the militant Hindu nationalism and the recurring communal violence in Ahmedabad and throughout Gujarat. The growth of communalism and militant Hinduism after 1985 had its seeds in the concrete social transformations in caste and class among the Hindus.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2005
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Disciplining the saffron way: moral education and the Hindu Rashtra
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The article examines the relationship between Hindu nationalist ideology and the disciplinary practices of the Saraswati Shishu Mandir Primary School.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2007
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