Militant Hinduism in Indian Politics: A Study of the R.S.S.

110 Pages·1951·15.614 MB·English

by  Jean Alonzo Curran

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MILITANT HINDUISM IN INDIAN POLITICS
A STUDY OF THE R. S. S.
By
J.
A. CURRAN, JR.
International Secretariat
INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC RELATIONS
1 East 54th Street
New York 22, N. Y.
1951
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CONTENTS
Page
Foreword
Author's Preface j.
I.
Introduction
5
II.
Eistory of the R.S.S.
9
III.
The Program of the R.S.S.
25
IV". Membership _ 43
V. Formation of Folic y
53
VI. The R.S.S. Leadership
57
711. Extension of Influence and Finance 61
VIII. Relations with Other Political Groups . 63
IX. CONCLUSION 71
APPENDICES
I.
R.S.S. Poem to Dr. Eedgewar
73
II.
A Poem of Eomage to Mr. GolwaUcar 76
III. List of Officer Training Camps of the R.S.S.
77
IV. The Central and Provincial Leadership of the R.S.S. 78
7. The Most Important of the "Unofficial" R.S.S. Press 79
VI. The Most Important Eindu Eoly Days of the Sangh 80
711. Rastra Sevika Samiti 8l
FOOTNOTES ... . ._ 83
BLELICGRAFEY 93
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