Savarkar defined Indian identity through both fatherland and holy land being India
Evidence
151 Savarkar, the militant Hindutva ideologue, said a true Indian is one whose pitrabhoomi (fatherland) as well as punyabhoomi (holy land) is India—not some foreign land. See his Hindutva (1923, 105). — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 533
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Defines the two key Hindutva terms pitrabhoomi and punyabhoomi.
Related
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- RSS founder Savarkar defined Hindu identity as seeing India as holy land (similarity 0.82)
- Hindutva defines Indian citizenship by religion-of-origin within sacred territory (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- India’s citizenship laws make Indian nationality synonymous with Hindu identity
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