Visions of Hindu identity and Indian nationalism
- Social Scientist
- 52(3-4), Mar-Apr, 2024: p.37-62
In this essay I address he emergence and growth of the Hindu identity I late colonial Punjab giving special attention to the participation of Lala Lajpat Rai both as an ideologue and activist in the context of the shifts taking place in Hindu identity politics as well as in the national movement. The study of Hindu consciences in the colonial Punjab is indeed significant not only because it grew in a powerful manner in this province but also because of some specificity it displayed there. – Reproduced
Hindu identity, Colonial Punjab, Lala Lajpat Rai, Hindu nationalism, Religious consciousness, Identity politics, Arya Samaj, Ideological activism, National movement, Hindu Mahasabha, Cultural nationalism, Political reform, Regional specificity, Late colonial India, Hindu–Muslim dynamics, Punjab politics, Reformist movements, Hindu socio-political thought, Historical evolution, Religious identity formation