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HISTORY OF HINDUTVA IDEOLOGY MASSIVE VIOLATIONS OF MINORITYS RIGHTS IN INDIA

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2020(V-II).03      10.31703/glsr.2020(V-II).03      Published : Jun 2020

History of Hindutva Ideology: Massive Violations of Minority's Rights in India

Abstract

    Hindutva, commonly indicated as the nationalism of Hindus, is a thought based on extremism that expects toward destruction of India's common structure and change the nation into a Hindu state. Hindutva isn't something very similar to the religion of Hinduism., both Hindutva and Hinduism are modern concepts, Hindutva is an ethnic-nationalist or religious-patriot philosophy that derives from the old Indian conventions that have been organized together today under the umbrella of "Hinduism". This article explores the history of Hindutva and the different associations that advocate this ideology. V.D. Savarkar and M.S. Golwalkar who played their role in the promotion of Hindutva ideology Hindu extremism against Muslim minorities and different historical incidents happened to Muslims in the past that how in a pluralistic society of India many individuals are deprived of their fundamental rights are also discussed in the following research.

    Hindutva, Extremism, Hinduism, Massacre, Riots, Pluralism

    (1) Muneeba Shahid
    MPhil Scholar, Department of Political Science, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Uroosa Ishfaq
    Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Women University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Kashif Ashfaq
    Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Shahid, M., Ishfaq, U., & Ashfaq, K. (2020). History of Hindutva Ideology: Massive Violations of Minority's Rights in India. Global Legal Studies Review, V(II), 24-33. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2020(V-II).03

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    CHICAGO : Shahid, Muneeba, Uroosa Ishfaq, and Kashif Ashfaq. 2020. "History of Hindutva Ideology: Massive Violations of Minority's Rights in India." Global Legal Studies Review, V (II): 24-33 doi: 10.31703/glsr.2020(V-II).03

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    HARVARD : SHAHID, M., ISHFAQ, U. & ASHFAQ, K. 2020. History of Hindutva Ideology: Massive Violations of Minority's Rights in India. Global Legal Studies Review, V, 24-33.

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    MHRA : Shahid, Muneeba, Uroosa Ishfaq, and Kashif Ashfaq. 2020. "History of Hindutva Ideology: Massive Violations of Minority's Rights in India." Global Legal Studies Review, V: 24-33

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    MLA : Shahid, Muneeba, Uroosa Ishfaq, and Kashif Ashfaq. "History of Hindutva Ideology: Massive Violations of Minority's Rights in India." Global Legal Studies Review, V.II (2020): 24-33 Print.

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    OXFORD : Shahid, Muneeba, Ishfaq, Uroosa, and Ashfaq, Kashif (2020), "History of Hindutva Ideology: Massive Violations of Minority's Rights in India", Global Legal Studies Review, V (II), 24-33

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Shahid, Muneeba, Uroosa Ishfaq, and Kashif Ashfaq. "History of Hindutva Ideology: Massive Violations of Minority's Rights in India." Global Legal Studies Review V, no. II (2020): 24-33. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2020(V-II).03