MILITANT HINDU NATIONALISM: THE EARLY PHASE

Abstract

Following a brief discussion of the Indian political tradition, the report analyzes the origins and significance of militant Hindu nationalism in the period 1880-1916. The ideas of several representative nationalist leaders - - B. G. Tilak, Aurobindo Ghose, Lajpat Rai, B. P. Pal -- are examined and their influence on the terrorist movement is discussed. The report concludes with some thoughts on contemporary Hindu communalism.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0654932

Entities

People

  • Guenter Lewy

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Hinduism
  • Humanities
  • Language
  • Law
  • Nationalism
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Religion
  • Revolutions
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Terrorists
  • Violence

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security