Essentials of Hindutva
Coverpage of the Book's Second Edition. | |
| Author | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Hindi Sahitya Sadan |
Publication date | 1923 |
| Publication place | India |
| ISBN | 9-788-188-38825-7 |
| OCLC | 0670049905 |
Essentials of Hindutva is an ideological epigraph written by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1922. The book was published in 1923 while Savarkar was still in jail. It was retitled Hindutva: Who Is a Hindu? (with the second phrase as a subtitle) when reprinted in 1928. Savarkar's epigraph forms part of the canon of works published during British rule that later influenced post-independence contemporary Hindu nationalism.