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100			_aGraham, Bruce Desmond
245			_aHindu nationalism and Indian politics : the origins and development of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh
260			_bCambridge University Press, _c1990 _aCambridge :
300			_axii, 283 p. ; _bill. maps, _c22 cm
365			_b26.99 _cGBP _d104.80
490			_aCambridge South Asian studies ; _v47
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis book presents a comprehensive and perceptive study of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh through the first two decades of its history from 1951. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh was the most robust of the first generation of Hindu nationalist parties in modern Indian politics and Bruce Graham examines why the party failed to establish itself as the party of the numerically dominant Hindu community. The author explains the relatively limited appeal of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in terms of the restrictive scope of its founding doctrines; the limitations of its leadership and organization; its failure to build up a secure base of social and economic interests; and its difficulty in finding issues which would create support for its particular brand of Hindu nationalism. Bruce Graham ends with a major survey of the party's electoral fortunes at national, state and local levels.
650			_aGovernment,India
650			_aAgricultural marketing, Jana Sangh policy
650			_aCensus, India
650			_aDevanagari script
650			_aElection general
650			_aHindu nationalism
650			_aMadhok, Balraj
650			_a Sikh refugees
650			_aSwatantra Party
650			_aUpadhyaya, Deendayal
650			_a Varanasi
650			_aPolitical party
650			_aRastriya Swayam Sevak Sangh(RSS)
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