Hindu Mahasabha

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu nationalist organization
political organization
right-wing political organization
activeIn Indian independence era politics
alsoKnownAs 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 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
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
Republic of India
religiousOrientation Hindu
symbolicColor saffron


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