[THREAD] on #Hindutva_is_Hinduism

Hindutva is formed by adding -tva suffix (Pratyay) to Hindu. Now, what do we understand by -tva? In plain language adding -tva (ness) to a noun means :in state of being that noun. Eg. Naritva, Astitva, Prabhutva. Therefore, on the

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basis of grammer, Hindutva is simply state of being Hindu.

The terminology initially coined by Babu Chandra Nath in his Hindutva--Hindur Prakrita Itihas attempts through Upanishads and coining the term Hindutva the exposition and eventual

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integration of the deepest and abstrutest doctrines of 'Hinduism' where Hindus are notorious for having extremely diverse transcendental doctrines and make a comparative study with foreign belief systems primarily Xnity in the wake of forced

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English Education and Anglicization of the masses. So what we observe that the need to integrate extremely diverse belief systems of Bharat Civilization arose as a response to Abrahamic extremism onslaught.

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The follow up and popularization of the word was done through Savarkar who too defined Hindutva as a state of being Hindu or closest English translation as Hinduness. In his book he further goes on to propound and attempts to draw from History what

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