Hindu Mahasabha

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Hindu nationalist organization political organization right-wing political organization

The Hindu Mahasabha is a Hindu nationalist political organization in India that emerged in the early 20th century advocating for Hindu interests and a Hindu-centric vision of the Indian nation.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hindu Mahasabha canonical 14
हिंदू महासभा 2
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu nationalist organization ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
right-wing political organization ⓘ
activeIn Indian independence era politics ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
surface form: Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha
associatedWith Hindu communal politics in North India ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Akhand Bharat ⓘ
Hindu Rashtra ⓘ
campaignsOn cow protection ⓘ
personal law and uniform civil code ⓘ
religious conversion issues ⓘ
coreBelief India as primarily a Hindu nation ⓘ
cultural and political unity of Hindus ⓘ
country India ⓘ
focusGroup Hindu community in India ⓘ
founded 1915 ⓘ
foundedAs Hindu Mahasabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: All-India Hindu Mahasabha
foundedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
hasWing student and youth wings at various times ⓘ
headquartersLocation India ⓘ
historicalContext rise of communal politics in late colonial India ⓘ
historicalRole one of the earliest organized Hindu nationalist political platforms in India ⓘ
ideology Hindu nationalism ⓘ
Hindu nationalism ⓘ
surface form: Hindutva
influenced later Hindu nationalist politics in India ⓘ
influencedBy Hindu revivalist movements of the late 19th century ⓘ
languageOfPolitics English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
membershipBase Hindu upper and middle classes historically ⓘ
notableLeader B. S. Moonje ⓘ
Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ
Madan Mohan Malaviya ⓘ
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee ⓘ
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ⓘ
opposedIdeology Indian National Congress secular nationalism ⓘ
opposedTo separate electorates for religious minorities ⓘ
organizationalType political party ⓘ
pressure group ⓘ
politicalActivity contested elections in India at various times ⓘ
politicalPosition right-wing ⓘ
positionOnMinorities advocated Hindu primacy in the Indian state ⓘ
positionOnPartition opposed partition of India on religious lines in principle ⓘ
purpose advocacy of Hindu interests ⓘ
promotion of a Hindu-centric vision of the Indian nation ⓘ
regionOfActivity British India ⓘ
India ⓘ
surface form: Republic of India
religiousOrientation Hinduism ⓘ
surface form: Hindu
symbolicColor saffron ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Simon Commission → opposedBy → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
Nathuram → memberOf → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Nathuram Godse
Godse → associatedWith → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
subject surface form: Nathuram Godse
नाथूराम विनायक गोडसे → संगठन_संबंध → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: हिंदू महासभा
Direct Action Day → opposedBy → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
Hindu Mahasabha → foundedAs → Hindu Mahasabha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: All-India Hindu Mahasabha
Hindu Mahasabha → alsoKnownAs → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar → memberOf → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
Indian nationalism → hasKeyOrganization → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
Akhand Bharat → isRelatedTo → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (aftermath) → mainSubject → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
Why I Killed Gandhi → associatedWith → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
K. M. Munshi → memberOf → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee → memberOf → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
नारायण आप्टे → संबंधित संगठन → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
this entity surface form: हिंदू महासभा
Great Calcutta Killings → opposedBy → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
Guilty Men of India’s Partition → criticizes → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ
B. S. Moonje → memberOf → Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ