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For the Indian cultural sphere, see <a href="/wiki/Greater_India" title="Greater India">Greater India</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Akhand_Bharat_(orthographic_projection).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Akhand_Bharat_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/330px-Akhand_Bharat_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Akhand_Bharat_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/500px-Akhand_Bharat_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Akhand_Bharat_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/960px-Akhand_Bharat_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>A map of the concept of Akhand Bharat, depicting Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tibet.<sup id="cite_ref-BanerjeeGhosh_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BanerjeeGhosh-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Akhand Bharat</b> (<abbr title="translation">transl.</abbr><span> Undivided India</span>), also known as <b>Akhand Hindustan</b>, is a term for the concept of a unified <a href="/wiki/Greater_India" title="Greater India">Greater India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Erdman2007_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Erdman2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chitkara2004_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chitkara2004-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It asserts that modern-day <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tibet_(1912%E2%80%931951)" title="Tibet (1912–1951)">Tibet</a> are one nation.<sup id="cite_ref-BanerjeeGhosh_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BanerjeeGhosh-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Composite_nationalism" title="Composite nationalism">Composite nationalism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Opposition_to_the_Partition_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Opposition to the Partition of India">Opposition to the Partition of India</a></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Indian_independence_movement" title="Indian independence movement">Indian independence movement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanaiyalal_Maneklal_Munshi" title="Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi">Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi</a> advocated for <i>Akhand Hindustan</i>, a proposition that <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a> agreed with, believing that as Britain wanted to retain their empire by pursuing a policy of <a href="/wiki/Divide_and_rule" title="Divide and rule">divide and rule</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindu%E2%80%93Muslim_unity" title="Hindu–Muslim unity">Hindu–Muslim unity</a> could not be achieved as long as the British were there.<sup id="cite_ref-Ghose1991_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ghose1991-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in relation to Myanmar (then Burma), Gandhi felt that it should be separate from India, regarding its <a href="/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma" title="British rule in Burma">inclusion in British India</a> as a purely British legacy.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, <a href="/wiki/Mazhar_Ali_Khan_(journalist)" title="Mazhar Ali Khan (journalist)">Mazhar Ali Khan</a> wrote that "the <a href="/wiki/Khan_Abdul_Ghaffar_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan">Khan</a> brothers [were] determined to fight for <i>Akhand Hindustan</i>, and challenged the <a href="/wiki/All-India_Muslim_League" title="All-India Muslim League">League</a> to fight the issue out before the electorate of the Province."<sup id="cite_ref-KhanKhan1996_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KhanKhan1996-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7–8 October 1944, in Delhi, <a href="/wiki/Radha_Kumud_Mukherjee" title="Radha Kumud Mukherjee">Radha Kumud Mukherjee</a> presided over the <i>Akhand Hindustan Leaders' Conference</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sharma2008_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sharma2008-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Indian activist and <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Mahasabha" title="Hindu Mahasabha">Hindu Mahasabha</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Vinayak_Damodar_Savarkar" title="Vinayak Damodar Savarkar">Vinayak Damodar Savarkar</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Mahasabha" title="Hindu Mahasabha">Hindu Mahasabha</a>'s 19th Annual Session in <a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a> in 1937 propounded the notion of an <i>Akhand Bharat</i> that "must remain one and indivisible" "from Kashmir to Rameswaram, from Sindh to Assam." He said that "all citizens who owe undivided loyalty and allegiance to the Indian nation and to the Indian state shall be treated with perfect equality and shall share duties and obligations equally in common, irrespective of caste, creed or religion, and the representation also shall either be on the basis of one man one vote or in proportion to the population in case of separate electorates and public services shall go by merit alone."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contemporary_usage">Contemporary usage</h2></div> <p>The call for creation of the <i>Akhand Bharat</i> or <i>Akhand Hindustan</i> has on occasion been raised by <a href="/wiki/Hindu_nationalism" title="Hindu nationalism">Hindu nationalist</a> organisations such as the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Mahasabha" title="Hindu Mahasabha">Hindu Mahasabha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishva_Hindu_Parishad" title="Vishva Hindu Parishad">Vishva Hindu Parishad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(1966%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiv Sena (1966–2022)">Shiv Sena</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Navnirman_Sena" title="Maharashtra Navnirman Sena">Maharashtra Navnirman Sena</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Sena" title="Hindu Sena">Hindu Sena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Janajagruti_Samiti" title="Hindu Janajagruti Samiti">Hindu Janajagruti Samiti</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> etc.<sup id="cite_ref-Suda1953_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suda1953-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ferguson_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ferguson-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Majumder_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Majumder-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Martensson_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Martensson-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One organization sharing this goal, the <a href="/wiki/Akhand_Hindustan_Morcha" title="Akhand Hindustan Morcha">Akhand Hindustan Morcha</a>, bears the term in its name.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pre-1947 maps of India, showing the modern states of Pakistan and Bangladesh as part of <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a> illustrate the borders of a proto-<i>Akhand Bharat</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Majumder_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Majumder-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The creation of an <i>Akhand Bharat</i> is also ideologically linked with the concept of <i><a href="/wiki/Hindutva" title="Hindutva">Hindutva</a></i> (Hindu nationalism) and the ideas of <i>sangathan</i> (unity) and <i><a href="/wiki/Shuddhi_(Hinduism)" title="Shuddhi (Hinduism)">shuddhi</a></i> (purification).<sup id="cite_ref-Martensson_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Martensson-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a> textbook for standard VII students at Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrit Gyan Pariksha included a map depicting Pakistan and Bangladesh, which along with post-partition India, were territories that were part of "Akhand Bharat" and a trade union magazine of the same organization also included Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the leadership of the right-wing <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> wavers on the issue, the RSS has always been a strong proponent of the idea.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RSS leader H. V. Seshadri's book <i>The Tragic Story of Partition</i> stresses the importance of the concept of <i>Akhand Bharat.</i><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RSS-affiliated magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Organiser_(newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Organiser (newspaper)">Organiser</a></i> often publishes editorials by leaders such as the present <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh#Sarsanghachalaks" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Sarsanghachalak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohan_Bhagwat" title="Mohan Bhagwat">Mohan Bhagwat</a>, espousing the philosophy that only <i>Akhand Bharat</i> and <i>sampoorna samaj</i> (united society) can bring "real" freedom to the people of India.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The call for <a href="/wiki/Indian_reunification" title="Indian reunification">Indian reunification</a> has been supported by Indian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and BJP National General Secretary <a href="/wiki/Ram_Madhav" title="Ram Madhav">Ram Madhav</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RSS_calendar.webp" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/RSS_calendar.webp/250px-RSS_calendar.webp.png" decoding="async" width="210" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/RSS_calendar.webp/330px-RSS_calendar.webp.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/RSS_calendar.webp/500px-RSS_calendar.webp.png 2x" data-file-width="970" data-file-height="545" /></a><figcaption>Akhand Bharat calendar released by RSS campaigners on 17 Nov, 2020 in Jaipur</figcaption></figure> <p>In December 2015, following Narendra Modi's diplomatic visit to Lahore, Pakistan, the BJP National Secretary <a href="/wiki/Ram_Madhav" title="Ram Madhav">Ram Madhav</a> (in an interview with Al Jazeera's Mehdi Hassan) described that "The <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">RSS</a> still believes that one day [India, Pakistan and Bangladesh], which have for historical reasons separated only 60 years ago, will again, through popular goodwill, come together and <i>Akhand Bharat</i> will be created."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2019, RSS leader Indresh Kumar claimed that Pakistan would reunite with India by 2025, that Indians would settle in and migrate to <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lake_Manasarovar" title="Lake Manasarovar">Lake Mansarovar</a> in Tibet, that an Indian-allied government had been ensured in <a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a>, and that a European Union-style <i>Akhand Bharat</i> would form.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former Indian Supreme Court Judge <a href="/wiki/Markandey_Katju" title="Markandey Katju">Markandey Katju</a> advocated in Pakistani newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nation_(Pakistan)" title="The Nation (Pakistan)">The Nation</a></i> that the only solution to the ongoing dispute between India and Pakistan is the <a href="/wiki/Indian_reunification" title="Indian reunification">reunification of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh</a> under a strong, secular, modern-minded government.<sup id="cite_ref-The_truth_about_Pakistan_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_truth_about_Pakistan-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IE2_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He expanded on the reasons for his support for a reunified India in an article for <i><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Trehan" title="Madhu Trehan">Newslaundry</a></i>;<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Katju advocated that such a state would be administered by a secular government.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Katju serves as the chairman of the Indian Reunification Association (IRA), which seeks to campaign for this cause.<sup id="cite_ref-Indica2019_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indica2019-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Katju2017_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Katju2017-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former Indian Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">Lal Krishna Advani</a>, in April 2004, similarly endorsed a <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_Confederation" title="Indo-Pakistani Confederation">confederation of the sovereign nations of India and Pakistan</a> as a powerful geopolitical entity rivalling the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, United States of America, Russian Federation and People's Republic of China.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hindu nationalist political groups such as Shiv Sena, have sought the reclamation of Pakistan-administered Kashmir under the pretence of <i>Akhand Bharat,</i> especially after the abrogation of <a href="/wiki/Article_370_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Article 370 of the Constitution of India">Article 370 and 35A of the Indian constitution</a> (removing the semi-autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir) in August 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 November 2020, the RSS campaigners released a calendar based on the "Akhand Bharat" theme. This calendar was prepared by the province patron of the <a href="/wiki/Vishva_Hindu_Parishad" title="Vishva Hindu Parishad">Vishva Hindu Parishad</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jaipur" title="Jaipur">Jaipur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, the unveiling of a mural in India's <a href="/wiki/New_Parliament_House,_New_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="New Parliament House, New Delhi">new parliament building</a>, said to depict a map of the <a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Maurya Empire</a> under <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a>, sparked controversy and criticism from several of India's neighbouring countries. Spokesperson for the <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs">Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mumtaz_Zahra_Baloch" title="Mumtaz Zahra Baloch">Mumtaz Zahra Baloch</a>, criticized it as a "manifestation of a <a href="/wiki/Historical_revisionism" title="Historical revisionism">revisionist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Expansionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Expansionist">expansionist</a> mindset", while the <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladeshi</a> junior minister for foreign affairs stated "Anger is being expressed from various quarters over the map."<sup id="cite_ref-cnn1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepali</a> politicians also expressed concern. While the <a href="/wiki/Official_Spokesperson_of_the_Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (India)">spokesperson of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arindam_Bagchi" title="Arindam Bagchi">Arindam Bagchi</a>, stated it symbolized "the idea of responsible and people-oriented governance that [Ashoka] adopted and propagated", other politicians in the ruling <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> declared it a symbol of Akhand Bharat, with <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Minister of Parliamentary Affairs</a> <a href="/wiki/Pralhad_Joshi" title="Pralhad Joshi">Pralhad Joshi</a> tweeting "The resolve is clear. Akhand Bharat".<sup id="cite_ref-cnn1_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{margin:0.5em 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class="citation book cs1">Banerjee, Supurna; Ghosh, Nandini (17 September 2018). <i>Caste and Gender in Contemporary India: Power, Privilege and Politics</i>. <a href="/wiki/Taylor_%26_Francis" title="Taylor & Francis">Taylor & Francis</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-429-78395-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-429-78395-1"><bdi>978-0-429-78395-1</bdi></a>. <q>The Hindutva discourse believes in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan all being a part of <i>Akhand Bharat</i> as they are a part of the sacred soil of the Hindu nation with common claims of nationalism.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Caste+and+Gender+in+Contemporary+India%3A+Power%2C+Privilege+and+Politics&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2018-09-17&rft.isbn=978-0-429-78395-1&rft.aulast=Banerjee&rft.aufirst=Supurna&rft.au=Ghosh%2C+Nandini&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkhand+Bharat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Erdman2007-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Erdman2007_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFErdman2007" class="citation book cs1">Erdman, H. L. (17 December 2007). <i>The Swatantra Party and Indian Conservatism</i>. Cambridge University Press. p. 55. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521049801" title="Special:BookSources/9780521049801"><bdi>9780521049801</bdi></a>. <q>The ultimate reunification of the subcontinent is a professed goal, as it is for the Mahasabha, but here, too, there is a difference in emphasis which deserves note: for the Sangh, the goal is 'Akhand Bharat', while for the Mahasabha it is 'Akhand Hindustan'.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Swatantra+Party+and+Indian+Conservatism&rft.pages=55&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2007-12-17&rft.isbn=9780521049801&rft.aulast=Erdman&rft.aufirst=H.+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkhand+Bharat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Chitkara2004-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Chitkara2004_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFChitkara2004" class="citation book cs1">Chitkara, M. G. (1 January 2004). <i>Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</i>. APH Publishing. p. 262. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788176484657" title="Special:BookSources/9788176484657"><bdi>9788176484657</bdi></a>. <q>Those who dub Shri L. K. Advani, the Home Minister of India and others as foreigners, must realise that the freedom struggle was a mass movement of all the people of entire Akhand Hindustan (United Bharat).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rashtriya+Swayamsevak+Sangh&rft.pages=262&rft.pub=APH+Publishing&rft.date=2004-01-01&rft.isbn=9788176484657&rft.aulast=Chitkara&rft.aufirst=M.+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkhand+Bharat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFPrasad2019" class="citation web cs1">Prasad, Sumit Ganguly, Jai Shankar (27 July 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/27/india-faces-a-looming-disaster/">"India Faces a Looming Disaster"</a>. <i>Foreign Policy</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190730231817/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/27/india-faces-a-looming-disaster/">Archived</a> from the original on 30 July 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Zubaan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-89884-34-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-89884-34-5"><bdi>978-81-89884-34-5</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220715061304/https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Nuns_Yoginis_Saints_and_Singers/IloRAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Akhand+Bharat&dq=Akhand+Bharat&printsec=frontcover">Archived</a> from the original on 15 July 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 January</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nuns%2C+Yoginis%2C+Saints%2C+and+Singers%3A+Women%27s+Renunciation+in+South+Asia&rft.pub=Zubaan&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-81-89884-34-5&rft.aulast=Khandelwal&rft.aufirst=Meena&rft.au=Hausner%2C+Sondra+L.&rft.au=Gold%2C+Ann+Grodzins&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIloRAQAAIAAJ%26q%3DAkhand%2BBharat&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkhand+Bharat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFChatterjiHansenJaffrelot2019" class="citation book cs1">Chatterji, Angana P.; Hansen, Thomas Blom; Jaffrelot, Christophe (August 2019). <i>Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism Is Changing India</i>. Oxford University Press. p. 161. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-007817-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-007817-1"><bdi>978-0-19-007817-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Majoritarian+State%3A+How+Hindu+Nationalism+Is+Changing+India&rft.pages=161&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2019-08&rft.isbn=978-0-19-007817-1&rft.aulast=Chatterji&rft.aufirst=Angana+P.&rft.au=Hansen%2C+Thomas+Blom&rft.au=Jaffrelot%2C+Christophe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkhand+Bharat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ghose1991-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ghose1991_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGhose1991" class="citation book cs1">Ghose, Sankar (1 January 1991). <i>Mahatma Gandhi</i>. Allied Publishers. p. 315. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788170232056" title="Special:BookSources/9788170232056"><bdi>9788170232056</bdi></a>. <q>Later, K.M. Munishi, with Gandhi's blessing, also resigned from the Congress to plead for Akhand Hindustan as a counter blast to Pakistan. Gandhi, who previously thought that swaraj was impossible without Hindu-Muslim unity, subsequently came to the conclusion that as Britain wanted to retain her empire by pursuing a policy of divide and rule, Hindu-Muslim unity could not be achieved as long as the British were there.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mahatma+Gandhi&rft.pages=315&rft.pub=Allied+Publishers&rft.date=1991-01-01&rft.isbn=9788170232056&rft.aulast=Ghose&rft.aufirst=Sankar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkhand+Bharat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thewire.in/politics/the-idea-of-akhand-bharat-smacks-of-imperial-aspirations">"The Idea of 'Akhand Bharat' Smacks of Imperial Aspirations"</a>. <i>The Wire</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 December</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Wire&rft.atitle=The+Idea+of+%27Akhand+Bharat%27+Smacks+of+Imperial+Aspirations&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fthewire.in%2Fpolitics%2Fthe-idea-of-akhand-bharat-smacks-of-imperial-aspirations&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkhand+Bharat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KhanKhan1996-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-KhanKhan1996_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKhan1996" class="citation book cs1">Khan, Mazhar Ali (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=B_BtAAAAMAAJ"><i>Pakistan: The First Twelve Years</i></a>. Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195776768" title="Special:BookSources/9780195776768"><bdi>9780195776768</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160430214605/https://books.google.com/books?id=B_BtAAAAMAAJ">Archived</a> from the original on 30 April 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 August</span> 2015</span>. <q>Many months ago, when the Pakistan issue was still in the melting pot, the Khan brothers determined to fight for Akhand Hindustan, and challenged the League to fight the issue out before the electorate of the Province.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pakistan%3A+The+First+Twelve+Years&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=9780195776768&rft.aulast=Khan&rft.aufirst=Mazhar+Ali&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DB_BtAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkhand+Bharat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sharma2008-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sharma2008_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSharma2008" class="citation book cs1">Sharma, Jai Narain (1 January 2008). <i>Encyclopaedia Eminent Thinkers</i>. Concept Publishing Company. p. 88. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788180694929" title="Special:BookSources/9788180694929"><bdi>9788180694929</bdi></a>. <q>On 5 August 1944, he issued a common letter to the leaders of various parties making a proposal to hold Akhand Hindustan Leaders' Conference. Such a conference was held on 7 and 8 October in Delhi. It was presided over by Dr. Radha Kumud Mukherji.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopaedia+Eminent+Thinkers&rft.pages=88&rft.pub=Concept+Publishing+Company&rft.date=2008-01-01&rft.isbn=9788180694929&rft.aulast=Sharma&rft.aufirst=Jai+Narain&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkhand+Bharat" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSampath2019" class="citation web cs1">Sampath, Vikram (7 August 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theprint.in/opinion/savarkar-wanted-one-god-one-nation-one-goal-modi-has-fulfilled-his-dream-with-kashmir-move/273447/">"Savarkar Wanted One God, One Nation, One Goal"</a>. <i>The Print India</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190808024435/https://theprint.in/opinion/savarkar-wanted-one-god-one-nation-one-goal-modi-has-fulfilled-his-dream-with-kashmir-move/273447/">Archived</a> from the original on 8 August 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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