Hindu Mahasabha

Veer Savarkar profile: Here's all you need to know about the freedom fighter

The freedom fighter is most known for his treatise Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?, wherein he put forth his ideas about what constitutes the Indian nation.

Interview | Why Netaji Bose remains an inconvenient nationalist despite being immensely popular

Author Chandrachur Ghose, while explaining the riddle of Subhas Chandra Bose being an inconvenient nationalist, also talks about his ties with Gandhi and Nehru, and why his Hitler connection was borne out of his love for India

Was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar a British stooge? Answering five big questions to decode the riddle

Was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar a British stooge? Was he a co-conspirator in the Gandhi murder? Here are the answers to five big questions regarding Savarkar.

Wrong to link Savarkar with Gandhi’s assassination, even Ambedkar thought he was implicated at Nehru’s behest

Just before Partition, Godse repeatedly accused Savarkar and other senior Hindu Mahasabha leaders of being passive in opposing the Congress and Gandhi. Savarkar had even chided Godse for interrupting and bullying Gandhi in a public meeting in June 1947, two months before Partition

Celebrated IAS couple Tina Dabi, Athar Khan granted divorce by Jaipur court

Dabi and Khan had tied the knot in 2018 that garnered both positive greetings and an equal measure of flak with the ABHM declaring the interfaith marriage a case of ‘love jihad’

Babri Masjid demolition anniversary: No 'shaurya diwas' or ‘black day’ as Ayodhya moves on

Until 2018, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) used to observe the day as ''shaurya diwas'' (day of bravery), while the Muslims in the town marked it as ''black day''

How coastal Karnataka was saffronised; Part 3: Hindu groups organise, Hindu Rashtra is defined, Savarkar makes his mark

The year 1915 is significant in Indian political history because it was then that the word 'Hindu' was used and accepted as a political term to define those who were not Muslim, Christian, Jain, Sikh or Buddhist. Until the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha was formed, the Arya Samajis, for instance, referred to themselves as 'Aryans', the followers of the ancient Vedic faith.

Parties bicker over Subhash Chandra Bose's legacy on 123rd birth anniversary; TMC advocates Netaji's secularism, BJP says 'don't lecture'

The 123rd birth anniversary of nationalist leader and freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was celebrated on Thursday in West Bengal, where parties cutting across political lines fought over his legacy

FIR against Hindu Mahasabha members in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior for distributing 'derogatory pamphlets' on Mahatma Gandhi

An FIR was registered against some activists of Hindu Mahasabha for allegedly distributing pamphlets containing "objectionable words" about Mahatma Gandhi in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior

Malegaon blast-accused Sameer Kulkarni gets police security after murder of right-wing leader Kamlesh Tiwari in Lucknow

Kulkarni said BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, who are also accused in the Malegaon blast case, have also been provided security.