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This book provides a detailed historical account of the vishva hindu parishad (vhp), one of the leading organisations in the hindutva movement it focuses on the vhps transformation from a loosely knit body of hindus aimed at preserving and promoting hindu dharma, into a mass organisation actively involved in mobilising the urban middle classes, service professionals and religious leaders for the creation and promotion of a strong hindu nation in elaborating this transformation, the author specifically looks at: the vhps programmes immediately prior to the demolition of the babri mosque and in its immediate aftermath; the aggressive and communal idiom employed by it during the nineties; its contestation of the secular structure of the indian state; its negative politicisation of the activities of christian missionaries; and crucially, the changing relations between the vhp and the rss on the one hand, and the bjp on the other, which informs the analysis of this transformation rich in empirical data, the second edition of this book charts how amidst the sangh parivars ebbing fortunes the vhp is going back to its original agenda of performing grassroots work, especially in the states

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Author

Manjari Katju

Publisher

Orient Blackswan Private Limited

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9788125040347

Category

nonfiction

Updated

2026-03-25