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Hindutva 101: A Timeline
A fascist movement doesn't emerge overnight. "Hindutva: A Timeline" is an article series that follows the ideology's roots, its rise to the mainstream, and its impact on Indian society, law, and democracy from the 1920s to the modern day.
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1923–2000: Hindutva's RootsFrom the codification of Hindutva in the 1920s through the demolition of the Babri Masjid and the pogroms of the 1990s.
Read Now2002–2014: The BJP's Rise to PowerHow the Gujarat pogrom, the RSS's grassroots machine, and mainstreaming of hate speech paved the way for national power.
Read Now2014–2018: Modi's First TermThe first five years: lynching campaigns, ghar wapsi, love jihad conspiracies, and the criminalization of Muslim dissent.
Read Now2019–2023: Escalating CrackdownThe Citizenship Amendment Act, the Kashmir lockdown, bulldozer politics, and the criminalization of civil society.
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For more resources on Hindutva, the Indian Muslim experience, and the diaspora, check out our Factsheets & Presentations and Reading List.