VD Savarkar vs Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Savarkar’s Hindutva (Hindu Supremacy)

  • While in Jail, Savarkar wrote the ‘Essentials of Hindutva’. He made a distinction between various terms - Hinduism, Hindutva and Hindudom.
  • Hindutva, he defined, as far more comprehensive, referring not only to the religious aspects of the Hindu people as the word ‘Hinduism’ does, but also their cultural, linguistic, social and political aspects.
  • He mentions two important criteria: India as a Pitrubhumi and India as a Punyabhumi. He shows how the Bauddhas, Jains, Sikhs, Lingayats and the so-called untouchables and tribals, all fall within this category.
  • He replaced the Veda-oriented definition of Tilak (to include ....
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