214 Index
Ramjanmabhumi Nyas, 128,132,136
Ram Janmasthan, 136,138
Ramji Ki Sena Chale (video), 102
Ram naam jap yagna, 133
Ramnavami day, 61
Ram rajya ki ore chale (video), 102
Ram Rajya Parishad (RRP), 91-92
Ramraksha, 12,160
Ramraksha Sankalp Sutra, 134
Ram Sankeertan Mandals, 131
Ranade, Mahadeva Govinda, 22
Rao, P.V. Narasimha, 12-128,139
Rashtra Dharma (publication), 102
Rashtriya Sevika Samita, 3
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS):
brahmacharya vow, 116; founding
of, 2; Golwalkar's leadership of, 5,
26, 33,115; Rao's ban on, 127,128;
support of BJP, 61-62
Rashtrotthana Parishat, 58
Rastra Sevika Samiti, 116
Rathyatra, 4, 7,100
Ravana, 35, 36, 50-56, 66-67, 70,95
Religion: Catholic-Protestant struggle,
30; freedom of, 177; Gandhian
understanding of, 151,179; Hindu
acceptance of various groups,
116-17; Hindu-Muslim struggle, 30;
Jaina, 54; nationalism, 175; plural-
ism, 151,152; Vedic rituals/sacri-
fices, 26, 57,98,112
Religion Bill, 178
Republic Day celebrations, 57
"Resolving Religio-Cultural Differ-
ences in the Service of the Indian
People" (Malkani), 58
Rithambara, 81
Round Table Conference, 27, 89
Rousseau, J.J., 18
Rowlatt, S.A.T., 111
Roy, M.N., 22,23, 89
Roy, Ram Mohan, 22
Rudolph, Lloyd and Susanne, 149,180
Sabarmati Ashram, 85
Sabarmati Express train massacre, 132
Sadbhavna movement, 167
Sadhus, 98Sadhu Sammelan, 93
Safdar Hasmi Memorial Trust (SAH-
MAT), 134
Sagar, Ramanand, 64, 65, 67-68, 69
Saggi, P.D., 23
Samajwadi Party (SP), 129,165
Samartha, 93-94
Sambuka, 115
Sammelans, 7
Samskar Bharati, 102
Samudragupta, 98
Sangh Parivar, 2, 5, 9,137-39; hate
politics of, 13,158,160,161; Indian
historical tradition, 154-55; organi-
zations of, 3
Sankalp Sammelan, 136
Sankaracharyas, 128,132,134,135
Sansads, 7
Sants, 100,101
Sant Sammelan, 101
Saraswathi, Jayendra, 60
Saraswati, Sri Jayendra, 135
Sarsanghchalak, 6
Sarvadharmasamabhava, 28
Satya, 93,151
Satyagraha, 86
Satya Shodhak Samaj, 27,114
Savarkar, Vinayak Damodar, 4,26, 31,
33, 38, 39,49,115,122-23
Schleichende Krise, 7
Second World Hindu Conference, 121
Secularism, 8,118-20,138,141; Nehru-
style, 180; positive, 126; pseudo,
7; state, 28, 70,102,178; Western,
174-75,177
Sedition Committee Report, 111
Semitism, 3, 8, 34, 67, 92
Seshadri, H.V., 94
Shahi Idgah Trust, 99
Shahjahan, 98
Shaivites, 116
Shankaracharya of Dwarka, 91
Shanker, Tej, 139
Shapiro, Michael J., 20-21
Shariat Act, 158
Sharma, Kishen Lai, 130
Sharqui, Hussainshah, 99
Shastri, Har Prashad, 78