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It is claimed that #VDSavarkar had no relationship with the #RSS. But, this is not borne out of historical evidence. Read this thread to know more.
#Hindutva #SanghParivar #Hedgewar #HinduMahasabha #RahulGandhi #Congress #ShivSena #UddhavThackeray
#Hindutva #SanghParivar #Hedgewar #HinduMahasabha #RahulGandhi #Congress #ShivSena #UddhavThackeray
While in the Ratnagiri jail, where Savarkar was shifted in 1921 from the Cellular jail in the Andamans, he wrote his seminal work ‘Essentials of Hindutva,’ which laid the foundations of Hindutva as an ideology.
It laid emphasis on cultural nationalism as against a territorial one, and said that India was for the Hindus alone, and not for the Muslims or the Christians.
#OTD #LongThread🧵
On 18th September 1969 Gujarati Muslims faced most deadly Anti-Muslim violence since the partition of India in 1947 & #1948HyderabadMassacre, ( & until 1989 Bhagalpur pogrom). 16 Dist in Gujarat were shaken by Communal Violence for Two months, Sept & Oct 1969.
On 18th September 1969 Gujarati Muslims faced most deadly Anti-Muslim violence since the partition of India in 1947 & #1948HyderabadMassacre, ( & until 1989 Bhagalpur pogrom). 16 Dist in Gujarat were shaken by Communal Violence for Two months, Sept & Oct 1969.
On 18 Sept 1969, Muslims gathered in Jamalpur, Ahmedabad for an Urs festival. Whn 2 sadhus of nearby Jagannath temple tried to bring their cows back to the temple compound thru crowded streets, some Muslim women wer injured.
The cows also allegedly damaged some carts. It led to a clash & some Muslim youth attacked 2 sadhus, These injured sadhus came back with more men to retaliate, which made the issue bigger, resulting clashes & stone-pelting broke the temple windows.
