A revolutionary's biography: the case of V D Savarkar

Chaturvedi, Vinayak

doi:10.1080/13688790.2013.823257

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“…And this explained why Pakistan received such strong support among Muslims even in areas such as the United Provinces that would not be part of it. The distinctive roots of this as a "civilizational" concept have been explored by many; for one recent article looking at V. D. Savarkar as a revolutionary, see Chaturvedi (2013). 25 Indeed, if such civilizational perspectives on the "nation" were powerful among Muslims in the run-up to partition, similar perspectives also influenced many Hindu nationalists as well.…”

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The Historiography of India's Partition: Between Civilization and Modernity

Gilmartin¹

2015

J of Asian Stud

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More than sixty-five years after the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, controversy about partition, its causes and its effects, continues. Yet the emphases in these debates have changed over the years, and it is perhaps time, in the wake of India's recent elections, to take stock once again of how these debates have developed in the last several decades and where they are heading. What gives these controversies particular significance is that they are not just about that singular event, but about the whole trajectory of India's modern history, as interpreted through partition's lens—engaging academic historians, even as they continue to be deeply enmeshed in ongoing political conflict in South Asia, and, indeed, in the world more broadly.

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“…There is a large amount of literature on Hindu nationalism and the concept of Hindutva. The distinctive roots of this as a "civilizational" concept have been explored by many; for one recent article looking at V. D. Savarkar as a revolutionary, see Chaturvedi (2013). and spiritual universalism linked to an idealized vision of "humanity."…”

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