The Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India

The Case Study of Ahmedabad in the 1980s

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ID3612930
AuthorsOrnit Shani (0000-0002-7723-6316, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume39
Issue4
Pages861-896
Publication date2005-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueModern Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0026749x05001848
OpenAlexW2065321379
LanguageEN
Citations received13

The massacre of Muslims in Ahmedabad and throughout Gujarat in February 2002 demonstrated the challenge of Hindu nationalism to India's democracy and secularism. There is increasing evidence to suggest that government officials openly aided the killings of the Muslim minority by members of militant Hindu organisations. The Gujarat government's intervention did little to stop the carnage. The communalism that was witnessed in 2002 had its roots in the mid-1980s. Since then, militant Hindu nationalism and recurring communal violence arose in Ahmedabad and throughout Gujarat. This study aims to shed light on the rise and nature of communalism since the mid-1980s

Communalism · Democracy · Government (linguistics · Hindu nationalism · Hinduism · Hindutva · Militant · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Secularism · Sociology · Gender Studies · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Religious studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora

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