1915; 109 years ago (1915) (as organization) 1933; 91 years ago (1933) (as political party)[1]
Split from
Indian National Congress[1]
Headquarters
New Delhi
Ideology
Hindutva[2][3] Hindu nationalism[2][4] Ultranationalism[5][6] Social conservatism[7][8] National conservatism[9] Economic nationalism[10] Right-wing populism[11]
Political position
Right-wing[12][13] to far-right[4][14]
Colours
Saffron
ECI Status
Registered Unrecognised[15]
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assembly
0 / 4,036
Seats in State Legislative Council
0 / 426
Number of states and union territories in government
0 / 31
(Collectively 28 States & 3 UTs)
Election symbol
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Website
abhm.org.in
Politics of India
Political parties
Elections
A group photo taken in Shimoga in 1944 when Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (seated fourth from right, second row) came to address the State-level Hindu Mahasabha conference. The late Bhoopalam Chandrashekariah, president of the Hindu Mahasabha State unit, is seated to Savarkar's left.
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (lit.'All-India Hindu Grand Assembly') is a Hindu nationalist political party in India.[2][17][18]
Founded in 1915, the Mahasabha functioned mainly as a pressure group advocating the interests of orthodox Hindus before the British Raj and within the Indian National Congress.[2] In the 1930s, it emerged as a distinct party under the leadership of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who developed the Hindutva ("Hinduness") and became a fierce opponent of the secular nationalism espoused by the Congress party.
During the World War II, the Mahasabha supported the British war effort and briefly entered coalitions with the Muslim League in provincial and central councils. After the assassination of Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi by Hindu Mahasabha activist Nathuram Godse, the Mahasabha's fortunes diminished in Indian politics, and it was soon eclipsed by the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
^ abAli, Tariq (1985). An Indian Dynasty. G.P. Putnam. p. 196.
^ abcdJha 2018, pp. 1–4.
^Bapu 2013, p. 61.
^ abSix, Clemens (2017). Secularism, Decolonisation, and the Cold War in South and Southeast Asia. Routledge. The Hindu Mahasabha, a far-right Hindu nationalist political party
^Bingham, Woodbridge (1974). A History of Asia. Allyn and Bacon. p. 601.
^Hauner, Milan (1981). India in Axis strategy. Klett-Cotta. p. 66.
^Jaffrelot, Christophe (2010). Religion, Caste, and Politics in India. Primus Books. p. 63.
^Cush, Denise (2012). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Routledge. p. 316.
^Misra, Amalendu (1999). "Savarkar and the Discourse on Islam in Pre-Independent India". Journal of Asian History. 33 (2): 175.
^Chatterjee, Nirmal C. (1959). Hindu Mahasabha Tracts. Vedic Press. p. 12.
^Tamadonfar, Mehran (2013). Religion and Regimes. Lexington Books. p. 125.
^Delap, L (2013). Men, Masculinities and Religious Change in Twentieth-Century Britain. Springer. p. 152.
^Kumaraswamy, P.R. (2010). India's Israel Policy. Columbia University Press. p. 159.
^Luce, Henry Robinson (17 October 1949). "INDIA: Anchor for Asia". Time. Vol. 54. Time Incorporated. p. 33.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^Vikram Doctor (18 November 2013). "Congress: History of election symbols: How they still help to connect with the masses". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021. Other parties were happier with what they got – the Hindu Mahasabha had a suitably aggressive horse and rider..
^McDermott, Rachel Fell; Gordon, Leonard A.; Embree, Ainslie T.; Pritchett, Frances W.; Dalton, Dennis (2014). Sources of Indian Traditions: Modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Columbia University Press. pp. 439–. ISBN 978-0-231-51092-9.
^Klostermaier, Klaus K. (1989). A Survey of Hinduism: First Edition. SUNY Press. pp. 403–. ISBN 978-0-88706-807-2.
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developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva while confined at Ratnagiri in 1922. He was a leading figure in the HinduMahasabha. The prefix...
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of India. Most Right Wing Hindu organisations like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, HinduMahasabha, Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad etc. have demanded...
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when Indira wave swept India. He won again in 1989 as candidate of HinduMahasabha. He was elected MP from the same seat in 1991 and 1996 as Bharatiya...
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Mukherjee left the HinduMahasabha political party that he had once led because of a disagreement with that party over permitting non-Hindu membership. The...
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