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Executive Summary Akhand Bharat implies undivided Bharat whose geographical expanse was very wide in ancient times and it included among others present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mayanmar, Thailand. The idea of Akhand Bharat is as old as Sanatan Bharatiya civilization as it duly got place and described in ancient Bharatiya scriptures. . At the time, the 3rd century BC, the Bharatiya subcontinent–which covered what are now the modern-day nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Modern Bharat, Nepal, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Bangladesh–was divided into many independent kingdoms. Chanakya also articulated the idea of an Akhand Bharat, which means all states in the region being under one authority, rule and administration. The great freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, propounded the notion of an Akhand Bharat as well as a Hindu Rashtra (‘Hindu Nation’), emphasizing the cultural, religious and political unity of Hindus ‘. At the time of the Bharatiya Independence Movement, Kanaiyalal Manilklal Munshi advocated for Akhand Hindustan. On 7–8 October 1944, in Delhi, Radha Kumud Mukherjee, a leading intellectual, presided over the Akhand Hindustan Leaders’ Conference. RSS pracharak and Bharatiya Jansangh leader Pandit DeenDayal Upadhyay further defined the idea of Akhand Bharat in the modern context. He said “The word ‘Akhand Bharat’ (un-divided India) include all those basic values of nationalism and an integral culture.” “These words include the feeling that ...

Three of India’s neighbours, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime, promoting antediluvian fantasies of regional dominance has, in fact, made present day India weak and divided with its citizens suspicious of each other based on religion, caste, language, and region. The Maski rock edict is important because it associates Ashoka with the title ‘Devanampriya’ (Beloved of the Gods). It reassures the men of Jambudvipa that even a lowly person may mingle with the gods by embracing the morality of the Buddha. But clearly the aspirations of those who have placed the mural in Parliament are not to be found in preaching morality to its elected members. According to the Association for Democratic Rights, 43 percent of the current Lok Sabha and 31 percent of Rajya Sabha MPs have a criminal record. One must, therefore, look elsewhere. Pronouncements by the ruling BJP politicians have bestowed the installation with a deeply ideological and controversial meaning. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahalad Joshi declared in a tweet (in Kannada): “ The Narendra Modi regime’s aspirations of ‘Akhand Bharat’ are, however, coming unstuck at home, and not just in Jammu and Kashmir, whose population has been divided, was locked up and patrolled in the name of unifying it with the rest of India. Even as one writes, A semblance of peace had been brought about in India’s North-East by previous governments signing a series of ceasefire and suspension of operations a...

Akhand Bharat: Understanding the Cultural Concept of Akhand Bharat that Respects Sovereignty Even in the pre-Independence era, the majority of India never treated anyone discriminatory on the basis of ritual or creed-religion. Parsis, Jews, Christians, Muslims all have a common sense of acceptance in the coexistence culture here RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat recently rightly pointed out that Hinduism holds the key to Akhand Bharat, and truncated India needs to be re-united. To sum up, Akhand Bharat is necessary for the welfare of the world The thinking and concept of ‘Akhand Bharat’ is once again at the centre of the public discourse. On the occasion of the book release Vibhajan Kaaleen Bhaarat Ke Sakshi on November 25, RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat said: “Akhand Bharat is possible not through force, but through Hinduism. There is a need for a glorious Akhand Bharat for the welfare of the world, so there is a need to awaken patriotism… truncated India needs to be re-united, all the parts separated from India, which themselves are now part of India. They do not tell the part, they need it more.” Just two days after this, on November 27, among the enlightened citizens of Gwalior, reiterating the resolve of ‘Akhand Bharat’, Dr Mohan Bhagwat said: “If India has to remain India, it must remain Hindu. And if a Hindu has to remain a Hindu, then India will have to be united.” It is not that the Sarsanghchalak is the first person to give voice to this thinking and conce...

Executive Summary Akhand Bharat implies undivided Bharat whose geographical expanse was very wide in ancient times and it included among others present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mayanmar, Thailand. The idea of Akhand Bharat is as old as Sanatan Bharatiya civilization as it duly got place and described in ancient Bharatiya scriptures. . At the time, the 3rd century BC, the Bharatiya subcontinent–which covered what are now the modern-day nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Modern Bharat, Nepal, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Bangladesh–was divided into many independent kingdoms. Chanakya also articulated the idea of an Akhand Bharat, which means all states in the region being under one authority, rule and administration. The great freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, propounded the notion of an Akhand Bharat as well as a Hindu Rashtra (‘Hindu Nation’), emphasizing the cultural, religious and political unity of Hindus ‘. At the time of the Bharatiya Independence Movement, Kanaiyalal Manilklal Munshi advocated for Akhand Hindustan. On 7–8 October 1944, in Delhi, Radha Kumud Mukherjee, a leading intellectual, presided over the Akhand Hindustan Leaders’ Conference. RSS pracharak and Bharatiya Jansangh leader Pandit DeenDayal Upadhyay further defined the idea of Akhand Bharat in the modern context. He said “The word ‘Akhand Bharat’ (un-divided India) include all those basic values of nationalism and an integral culture.” “These words include the feeling that ...

Akhand Bharat: Understanding the Cultural Concept of Akhand Bharat that Respects Sovereignty Even in the pre-Independence era, the majority of India never treated anyone discriminatory on the basis of ritual or creed-religion. Parsis, Jews, Christians, Muslims all have a common sense of acceptance in the coexistence culture here RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat recently rightly pointed out that Hinduism holds the key to Akhand Bharat, and truncated India needs to be re-united. To sum up, Akhand Bharat is necessary for the welfare of the world The thinking and concept of ‘Akhand Bharat’ is once again at the centre of the public discourse. On the occasion of the book release Vibhajan Kaaleen Bhaarat Ke Sakshi on November 25, RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat said: “Akhand Bharat is possible not through force, but through Hinduism. There is a need for a glorious Akhand Bharat for the welfare of the world, so there is a need to awaken patriotism… truncated India needs to be re-united, all the parts separated from India, which themselves are now part of India. They do not tell the part, they need it more.” Just two days after this, on November 27, among the enlightened citizens of Gwalior, reiterating the resolve of ‘Akhand Bharat’, Dr Mohan Bhagwat said: “If India has to remain India, it must remain Hindu. And if a Hindu has to remain a Hindu, then India will have to be united.” It is not that the Sarsanghchalak is the first person to give voice to this thinking and conce...

Three of India’s neighbours, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime, promoting antediluvian fantasies of regional dominance has, in fact, made present day India weak and divided with its citizens suspicious of each other based on religion, caste, language, and region. The Maski rock edict is important because it associates Ashoka with the title ‘Devanampriya’ (Beloved of the Gods). It reassures the men of Jambudvipa that even a lowly person may mingle with the gods by embracing the morality of the Buddha. But clearly the aspirations of those who have placed the mural in Parliament are not to be found in preaching morality to its elected members. According to the Association for Democratic Rights, 43 percent of the current Lok Sabha and 31 percent of Rajya Sabha MPs have a criminal record. One must, therefore, look elsewhere. Pronouncements by the ruling BJP politicians have bestowed the installation with a deeply ideological and controversial meaning. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahalad Joshi declared in a tweet (in Kannada): “ The Narendra Modi regime’s aspirations of ‘Akhand Bharat’ are, however, coming unstuck at home, and not just in Jammu and Kashmir, whose population has been divided, was locked up and patrolled in the name of unifying it with the rest of India. Even as one writes, A semblance of peace had been brought about in India’s North-East by previous governments signing a series of ceasefire and suspension of operations a...

Akhand Bharat: Understanding the Cultural Concept of Akhand Bharat that Respects Sovereignty Even in the pre-Independence era, the majority of India never treated anyone discriminatory on the basis of ritual or creed-religion. Parsis, Jews, Christians, Muslims all have a common sense of acceptance in the coexistence culture here RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat recently rightly pointed out that Hinduism holds the key to Akhand Bharat, and truncated India needs to be re-united. To sum up, Akhand Bharat is necessary for the welfare of the world The thinking and concept of ‘Akhand Bharat’ is once again at the centre of the public discourse. On the occasion of the book release Vibhajan Kaaleen Bhaarat Ke Sakshi on November 25, RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat said: “Akhand Bharat is possible not through force, but through Hinduism. There is a need for a glorious Akhand Bharat for the welfare of the world, so there is a need to awaken patriotism… truncated India needs to be re-united, all the parts separated from India, which themselves are now part of India. They do not tell the part, they need it more.” Just two days after this, on November 27, among the enlightened citizens of Gwalior, reiterating the resolve of ‘Akhand Bharat’, Dr Mohan Bhagwat said: “If India has to remain India, it must remain Hindu. And if a Hindu has to remain a Hindu, then India will have to be united.” It is not that the Sarsanghchalak is the first person to give voice to this thinking and conce...

Three of India’s neighbours, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime, promoting antediluvian fantasies of regional dominance has, in fact, made present day India weak and divided with its citizens suspicious of each other based on religion, caste, language, and region. The Maski rock edict is important because it associates Ashoka with the title ‘Devanampriya’ (Beloved of the Gods). It reassures the men of Jambudvipa that even a lowly person may mingle with the gods by embracing the morality of the Buddha. But clearly the aspirations of those who have placed the mural in Parliament are not to be found in preaching morality to its elected members. According to the Association for Democratic Rights, 43 percent of the current Lok Sabha and 31 percent of Rajya Sabha MPs have a criminal record. One must, therefore, look elsewhere. Pronouncements by the ruling BJP politicians have bestowed the installation with a deeply ideological and controversial meaning. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahalad Joshi declared in a tweet (in Kannada): “ The Narendra Modi regime’s aspirations of ‘Akhand Bharat’ are, however, coming unstuck at home, and not just in Jammu and Kashmir, whose population has been divided, was locked up and patrolled in the name of unifying it with the rest of India. Even as one writes, A semblance of peace had been brought about in India’s North-East by previous governments signing a series of ceasefire and suspension of operations a...

Executive Summary Akhand Bharat implies undivided Bharat whose geographical expanse was very wide in ancient times and it included among others present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mayanmar, Thailand. The idea of Akhand Bharat is as old as Sanatan Bharatiya civilization as it duly got place and described in ancient Bharatiya scriptures. . At the time, the 3rd century BC, the Bharatiya subcontinent–which covered what are now the modern-day nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Modern Bharat, Nepal, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Bangladesh–was divided into many independent kingdoms. Chanakya also articulated the idea of an Akhand Bharat, which means all states in the region being under one authority, rule and administration. The great freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, propounded the notion of an Akhand Bharat as well as a Hindu Rashtra (‘Hindu Nation’), emphasizing the cultural, religious and political unity of Hindus ‘. At the time of the Bharatiya Independence Movement, Kanaiyalal Manilklal Munshi advocated for Akhand Hindustan. On 7–8 October 1944, in Delhi, Radha Kumud Mukherjee, a leading intellectual, presided over the Akhand Hindustan Leaders’ Conference. RSS pracharak and Bharatiya Jansangh leader Pandit DeenDayal Upadhyay further defined the idea of Akhand Bharat in the modern context. He said “The word ‘Akhand Bharat’ (un-divided India) include all those basic values of nationalism and an integral culture.” “These words include the feeling that ...

Executive Summary Akhand Bharat implies undivided Bharat whose geographical expanse was very wide in ancient times and it included among others present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mayanmar, Thailand. The idea of Akhand Bharat is as old as Sanatan Bharatiya civilization as it duly got place and described in ancient Bharatiya scriptures. . At the time, the 3rd century BC, the Bharatiya subcontinent–which covered what are now the modern-day nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Modern Bharat, Nepal, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan and Bangladesh–was divided into many independent kingdoms. Chanakya also articulated the idea of an Akhand Bharat, which means all states in the region being under one authority, rule and administration. The great freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, propounded the notion of an Akhand Bharat as well as a Hindu Rashtra (‘Hindu Nation’), emphasizing the cultural, religious and political unity of Hindus ‘. At the time of the Bharatiya Independence Movement, Kanaiyalal Manilklal Munshi advocated for Akhand Hindustan. On 7–8 October 1944, in Delhi, Radha Kumud Mukherjee, a leading intellectual, presided over the Akhand Hindustan Leaders’ Conference. RSS pracharak and Bharatiya Jansangh leader Pandit DeenDayal Upadhyay further defined the idea of Akhand Bharat in the modern context. He said “The word ‘Akhand Bharat’ (un-divided India) include all those basic values of nationalism and an integral culture.” “These words include the feeling that ...