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Vinaya Domvar Savarkar (1883-1966) was an author and
philosipher who’s writings were very influential in the formation of
modern militant Hinduism. He was the president of the H.M.S from
1937 to 1942, and wrote the most influential work of the new
radicalism, Hinduvata. In this text, Savarkar coined the term
Hinduvata, or “hindu-ness” as separate from Hinduism. He interprets
Hinduism only in a religious sense. Hinduvata includes many other
social and ethnic attributes that he sees as basic elements of the
Hindu people. Savarka believed that all Hindu peoples were in fact
one nation. He also believed someone was only a true Hindu if they
regarded India as both fatherland and holy land. In other words,
they had to be of Indian ancestry and of the Hindu faith.
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