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What is Hindutva Profiles ?
Hindutva Profiles is an online database documenting individuals and organizations that publicly promote, organize, finance, or support the Hindutva or Hindu nationalist movement in India and abroad. The project compiles information from publicly available sources to provide a factual record of public statements, affiliations, activities, and leadership roles.
The database serves as a resource for journalists, researchers, policymakers, civil society organizations, and members of the public seeking to better understand the networks advancing Hindutva ideology and their impact on democratic institutions, religious freedom, and minority rights.
Our Mission
Uncovering truth, safeguarding evidence, and promoting public accountability.
- Expose Hindutva Leaders
- Shine a light on extremist networks
- Preserve the evidence
- Empower informed action
- Advance accountability
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Our profiles are based on publicly available records, including news reports, organizational publications, official documents, speeches, interviews, social media posts, and other verifiable sources.
Document individuals and organizations that publicly advocate for or advance Hindutva ideology
Record public statements, writings, speeches, campaigns, affiliations, and leadership positions
Map relationships between organizations and key figures within the Hindutva ecosystem
Preserve publicly available information from reliable sources for reference and research
Regularly updates profiles as new, verifiable information becomes available
What is Hindutva?
Hindutva is a political ideology that advocates for transforming democratic India into an ethnoreligious nation known as the Hindu Rashtra (Hindu nation), where religious minorities, especially Muslims and Christians, are reduced to second-class citizens.
Hindutva ideology — equated to fascism — is promoted by a hydra-headed group network of militant, vigilante, political, and cultural groups like Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal, collectively known as the Sangh Parivar. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a paramilitary organization headquartered in Nagpur city of India’s Maharashtra state, is at the center of the Sangh and sets the priorities and tactics for promoting the hateful Hindutva ideology nationally and internationally. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the political party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is the political wing of RSS.
The ideology dates back roughly 100 years. Its early ideologues, especially VD Savarkar and MS Golwalkar, the second Sarsanghchalak (leader) of RSS were admirers of Hitler and Mussolini.
The RSS controls one of the largest militias in the world, with an estimated 6 million members participating in daily training in nearly 100,000 training camps across India and diasporas.
It was banned thrice by the Indian government for its role in violence. It was banned the first time when a member of the RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi. It was also banned after its members destroyed the historical Babri mosque in India, leading to the deaths of over 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, in the violence that followed.
The RSS, its members, and affiliated organizations have been implicated in countless acts of massacres, ethnic cleansing, bombings, forced conversions, and other forms of violence against religious minorities in India.
Parts of the Indian diaspora in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Europe have played a role in advancing Hindutva ideology and supporting organizations affiliated with the RSS, contributing to the transnational reach of the movement.
Why This Platform Exist
Research
We investigate and collect information from credible public sources
Awareness
Provide the public with accurate and accessible information