Hindutva or Hindu-Rashtra is an ideal in coherence with Darwinism much like its western counterpart Nazism. It’s wrong to say that hindutva is modern age nazism or that it came into the mainstream in 2002(the Gujarat massacre)
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or in 1992 (the babri masjid demolition) or even in 1948 (the assassination of gandhi). This idea based on hindu superiority has been brewing since time immemorial and with time it’s saffron infusion has just bolden.
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Chandranath Basu is often credited to have coined not just the modern hindutva ideology but also the very term Hindutva. Having said that, it in no way means that before Basu this ideology was alien to the society.
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It has, infact since the very creation of religious lines existed much like a chameleon, changing appearance vis-a-vis the environment. Basu though a Brahmin wasn’t since the beginning an orthodox hindu however he always bitter eyed Scottish enlightenment.
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It was Sasadhar Tharkachuramani who reverted him to the orthodox route. Basu was a man of many talents, besides being a lawyer and a notable literary figure (Bankim Chandra Chatterjee commended his literary works) he was a great orator.
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And thus mobilising crowds and etching his philosophy into both their conscious and subconscious was child’s play to him. In his hard core right wing book “Hindutva-Hindur Prakrita Itihas” he put forth what we now see as the introduction to the modern hindutva philosophy.
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Basu argued that Hindus were the only who understood humanity in it’s entirety, further he asserted the superiority of Hindus over the rest. Other than staunchly supporting the caste system, he believed that India was a hindu nation and the existence of foreign religions,
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more specifically Christianity and Islam shouldn’t be tolerated. Thereby, popularising the sense of superiority and hatred towards the minorities amongst the Hindu masses.
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Fast forwarding to the Indian Freedom Struggle, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar took forth the mantle of hindutva and established the Hindu Mahasabha as a reaction to the Muslim League.
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He was a pragmatic practitioner of orthodox Hinduism and followed the hindu nationalist philosophy, better known as Hindutva to the T. He saw the need of validating blind faith and superstitions amongst other religious myths against the rising force of modern science.
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Savarkar on his return to India was sentenced to two life sentences, however his sentence was revised and after a decade of being behind the bars, he was released. During his time in prison, he wrote about hindutva and it’s works (hindu pride for example) extensively.
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Furthermore he argued that all other religions (eg.Buddhism,Sikhism) had the same parent religion ie.hindusim. As the leader and pioneer of the hindu mahasaba, he shaped into what can be viewed as one of the major critics of the Indian National Congress at the time,
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moreover its acceptance of the creation of the Muslim state,Pakistan.He believed much like his predecessor in a Hindurashtra.He was also accused to be the coconspirator of the murder of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, along with Nathuram Godse,the pragya thakur claimed patriot
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but he was later acquitted on the grounds of lack of evidence. He however resurfaced into the mainstream discourse first in ‘98(the year bjp came into power) and then again in ‘14(the landslide win of Narender Modi).
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This ancient phenomenon which was repopularised by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923 was then cradled by what we know as the ‘Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’ or the RSS. Hindutva and The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are two overlapping lines. Much like the Hindu Mahasabha
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the RSS also believes in the hindutva philosophy and the creation of a Hindu Rashtra. According to reports, it is the world’s largest NGO having more than 50,000 shakhas (branches) with a man power of about 6 million people.
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Over the years under its umbrella it has encompassed affiliation with numerous groups, as a result controlling schools, charities, clubs and thereby shaping the popular outlook.
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It is also considered to be the parent organisation of other right wing Hindu nationalist groups like the Bhartiya Janta Party, Bajrang Dal amongst others. Throughout the course of modern indian history,
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it has directly or indirectly radicalised the population and has resulted in the degradation of all those who weren’t identical to them, more specifically the muslims.
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Numerous right wing leaders were originally a RSS cadre, thus having the rigid orthodox Hinduism imbibed into them. Narendar Modi,Bal Thackeray and the latter are often idolised and even perceived as sex figures in the years following the gujrat massacre modi was perceived as so

For years together their political agenda has been quite straightforward as to convert the Republic of India into a Hindu nation which in other words can be seen as the mass cleansing of the minorities.
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Coming to the overthrow of mainstream ethics like liberty, secularity and the works by hindutva and the redefinition of nation love by blurring lines between religion and patriotism and it’s pioneer who we now know as the prime minister, Narendra Damodardas Modi.
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Modi was born in a state acknowledged OBC family in Gujrat. At the tender age of 8, he discovered a shakha of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.He was originally enrolled as a junior cadre (balswayamsevak)
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and was later nurtured into the biggest name of post-independence hindutva history. The declaration of emergency (1975 which lasted till 1977) marked the offset of Modi’s right wing political career. He was made the general secretary of a regional rss group called,
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"Gujarat Lok Sangharsh Samiti". With each sundown, Modi’s influence grew and ultimately he was absorbed into the bhartiya janta party after L.K.Advani was made president in 1987. He played a key role in Advani’s “Ram Rath Yatra”
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which led to him becoming a election committee recognised member of the right wing party. Akin to his ever widening reach in the RSS he grew ranks in the party thanks to his imposing personality and rave orating skills.
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After a brief sabbatical from electoral politics, he helped that party sweep the 1995 state assembly elections. The following year a prominent leader took refuge in the Indian National Congress after facing a defeat in the parliamentary elections.
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This was succeeded by a landslide victory of the party (1998 elections) which was orchestrated yet again by Modi’s politics. In 2001 due to the losing grip of the BJP in gujrat and the health issues of Keshubhai Patel, topped off by the aftermath of the Bhuj earthquake,
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Modi replaced the sitting cheif minister. A year later the world witnessed the hindutva philosophy unlike earlier this time the streets submerged in the saffron ink rather than just paper.
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The state sponsored Gujrat Massacre succeeded by violent clashes amongst the Hindu and the Muslim masses led most first world countries (Canada,USA amongst twelve others) to blacklist the then chief minister.
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The cover up that followed made the cover up of the Sikh massacre following the assassination of Indira Gandhi look like but a parody. The next election was won purely on the anti-Muslim rhetoric.
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In 2014, the blacklisted Narender Modi became a national sensation, an avatar of Ram and stole the show in the Lok sabha election.
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