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Kelkar, Sanjeev.

Lost years of the RSS / Sanjeev Kelkar. - New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2011. - 1 online resource (xxxvi, 354 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Original design of the RSS : an analysis -- Political ethnography of the RSS -- Dominant tendencies of the Golwalkar era -- Withdrawal, return and ascent of Deoras -- The emergency and post-emergency -- The BJP, the Parivar and Deoras : 1980-85 -- Catapulting the Hindu to the centre stage -- Road to political power and its aftermath -- The unipolar world and the RSS' response -- The future, if any -- The new Hindutva (violent) forces.

This is a historical analysis of the events that have shaped the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in its 85 years of existence. Written from an insider's perspective, this in-depth work critically analyses the major turning points in the history of RSS from the viewpoint of both a follower and an opponent.


English.

ISBN: 9788132107620 8132107624 8132119223 9788132119227 8132112148 9788132112143 1283235404 9781283235402 9786613235404 6613235407

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Hedgewar, Keshav Baliram, 1889-1940 --Political and social views.
Hedgewar, Keshav Baliram, 1889-1940

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh--History.
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Since 1947

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hinduism--Relations--Islam.
Hinduism and politics--India.
Hindutva.
Hindouisme et politique--Inde.
Intégrisme hindou.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Ideologies--Nationalism.
Hinduism
Hinduism and politics
Hindutva
Interfaith relations
Islam
Political and social views
Politics and government

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--Politics and government--1947-
Inde--Politique et gouvernement--1947-
India

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History

LC Class. No.: DS480.84 / .K43 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 320.540954