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Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana commissioned the first civil code Muluki Ain in 1854 AD based on traditional Hindu law and prioritized Tagadhari castes before Matwalis and Dalits. The Nepali civil code, Muluki Ain, was commissioned by Jung Bahadur Rana after his European tour and enacted in 1854.
4 days ago · Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism, is a right-wing ethno-nationalist political ideology in India that was first defined in the early 1920s by nationalist activist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Feb 17, 2020 · The rise of authoritarian Hindu mass movements and political formations in India since the early 1980s raises fundamental questions about the resurgence of chauvinistic ethnic, religious and nationalist movements in the late modern period.
- Chetan Bhatt
- 2019
Feb 6, 2024 · Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883–1966) was an intellectual, ideologue, and anticolonial nationalist leader in India’s struggle for independence from British colonial rule, one whose anti-Muslim writings exploited India’s tensions in pursuit of Hindu majority rule.
- Janaki Bakhle
- February 06, 2024
Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohandas Gandhi, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah were some of the key figures. Gandhi returned to India in 1915 after a short stay in South Africa following his law school graduation.
Oct 1, 2020 · First, British historiography that made the Hindu-Muslim animosity the centerpiece for historical analysis in order to justify British rule coupled with a deliberate policy of divide and rule that widened the chasm between the two communities.
Feb 28, 2022 · First was the tension between Hindu traditionalists focused on the transcendental and a middle class impatient for higher standards of living. Second, caste divisions within Hindu society limited the appeal of BJP elites among less privileged groups.
