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Bharatiya Janata party

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bharatiya Janata party [Hindi,=Indian People's party] (BJP), Indian political party that espouses Hindu nationalism. The BJP draws its Hindu nationalist creed from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS; National Self-Service Organization), a group founded in 1925 in opposition to Mohandas Gandhi and dedicated to the propagation of orthodox Hindu religious practices. The BJP's direct political antecedent is the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, a party established in 1951 that stood in staunch opposition to what it perceived as the evils of Western cultural imperialism. Its principles were retained... Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) In 1976, a...formed in 1976 as the Janata Morcha (People's...different parties: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress...ending the Congress party's monopoly of national...as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1980. In... Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Indian political party. In the...right-wing parties formed the coalition Janata Party in opposition to Indira Gandhi ruling Congress Party . The alliance collapsed in 1979, and... Read more

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