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  1. J. A. Naik, "Have the Hindus Lost Their Sense of History?" Organiser, 17
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  2. S.T. Godbole, "Savarkar's Approach to History," in Savarkar Commemora-
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  3. "The Fundamental Divergence between the So-Called 'Modern' Mind and
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  4. "The Traditional Turning Point," Organiser, 25 June 1962, p. 5.

  5. "The Fate of All Foreign Invaders," Organiser, 4 June 1962, p. 12.

  6. Sita Ram Goel, "A New Series: Highlights of Hindu History (I)," Organiser,
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  7. M. J. Akbar, India: The Siege Within, Challenges to a Nation's Unity (Harmonds-
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  8. Romila Thapar, "Imagined Religious Communities? Ancient History and
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  9. See Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph, "Modern Hate," New
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  10. C.A. Bayly, "The Pre-history of 'Communalism'? Religious Conflict in
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  11. Cynthia Talbot, "Inscribing the Other, Inscribing the Self: Hindu-Muslim
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  12. Ian Copland, "'Communalism' in Princely India: The Case of Hyderabad,
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  13. Sumanta Banerjee, "'Hindutva'—Ideology and Social Psychology," Eco-
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  14. Amales Tripathi, "Sri Aurobindo—A Study in Messianic Nationalism,"
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  15. Bipinchandra Pal, Swadeshi and Swaraj (The Rise of New Patriotism) (Cal-
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  16. M.S. Golwalkar, We or Our Nationhood Defined, 3rd ed. (Nagpur, India:
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  17. M.S. Golwalkar, From Red Fort Grounds (New Delhi: RSS, n.d.), pp. 5-6.

  18. Golwalkar, We or Our Nationhood Defined, pp. 13,10,12.

  19. Ibid., pp. 16-17.

  20. M.S. Golwalkar, Bunch of Thoughts (Bangalore: Vikrama Prakashan, 1966),
    pp. 65-66.

  21. Golwalkar, From Red Fort Grounds, pp. 22,8.

  22. Golwalkar, We or Our Nationhood Defined, pp. 48-49.

  23. Ibid., p. 50.

  24. Ibid., pp. 52-53.

  25. Ibid., p. 18.

  26. Golwalkar, From Red Fort Grounds, p. 21.

  27. L. K. Advani, "A Four-Point Appeal to Muslims of India," BJP Today, 16-30
    June 1997.

  28. Banerjee, "'Hindutva'—Ideology and Social Psychology," p. 97.

  29. Thapar et al., Communalism, pp. 6-7.

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