Hindutva is an evolving ideology based on preserving Indian culture, religion and Hindu values. Hindutva Movement in India was made popular by V.D. Savarkar in the beginning of 20th century. In its earliest form, Hindutva was defined as a cultural force. Then with the establishment of RSS in 1925, by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, Hindutva movement got its momentum and it worked for the reformation of Hindu society. After Independence, with the rise of institutions like Bhartiya Jana Sangh, Vishva Hindu Parishad, Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, Hindutva movement moved gradually, from the cultural force into political force. And this transformation became more political when BJP entered into this scene with some of his movements like, Ram Janmabhoomi movement, demolition of Babri Masjid, Abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, etc. In the 21st century India, when the BJP government came into dominance in Indian democracy, then Hindutva movement became the mainstream political force. This paper is going to investigate various dimensions of Hindutva i.e., cultural, religious, social and political dimensions, from ancient period to AI Age.
SHARMA et al. (Thu,) studied this question.