Реферат: Hindu Revival Essay Research Paper Hindu revivalism

advances the thesis that the Hindus are a nation. While Sarvarkar?s work may

have provided Hedgewar with an intellectual justification for the concept of a

Hindu nation that embraced all the peoples of the subcontinent, it did not give

him a method for uniting the Hindu community. From his youth, Hedgewar searched

for a reason to explain India?s inability to ward off foreign domination. He

was disturbed that a small group of colonial administers could rule a vast

country like India with such ease. Hedgewar felt that much of India?s ancient

territory, referring to Tibet and Afghanistan, had been lost due to a lack of

Hindu unity. He believed that independence and national revitalization could be

achieved only when the root cause of India?s weakness was discovered. Some

time between 1924 and 1925, Hedgewar satisfied himself that he had discovered

the cause; the fundamental problem was psychological and what was required was

an inner transformation to rekindle a sense of national consciousness and social

cohesion. Once having created a regiment of persons committed to the national

reconstruction, he believed there would be little difficulty in sustaining a

movement of revitalization, which of course would include independence as one of

its objectives. In its inception, the RSS had two basic aims: (1.) to unite and

train Hindus to face the enemy, any alien party that was attempting to subjugate

Hinduism; and (2.) to radicalize the Hindus to hasten the British withdrawal

from India. It was founded on the auspicious day of the Hindu festival Dusherah.

The first recruits were largely Brahmin, although all Hindus were encouraged to

join. Gymnasiums or Akharas, associated with the Kshatriya life style, proved to

be the most successful grounds for finding recruits. (Jayaprasad 58) These

trained recruits would go on to be the future leaders of the country, and keep

with them the teachings and discipline of the RSS. They would also keep a close

network with the organization. The RSS argued that their strengths lay in their

ability to develop close bonds among their members and to sustain links when

members moved on or joined various RSS affiliate groups. In the communal riots

of September 1927 in Nagpur, RSS took steps which captured the attention of