THE EARLY VISHVA HINDU PARISHAD 5 9 54. Baldev Raj Nayar, Minority Politics in the Punjab, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1966, p.262. 55. Jawaharlal Nehru: Letters to Chief Ministers, 1947-1964, ed. G. Parthasarathi, Vol 5: 1958-1964, New Delhi, Government of India publication, 1989, p.450. 56. Master Tara Singh in Hindu Vishva, Silver Jubilee Issue, 1989-90, p.21 (English edition). 57. In Brajlal Verma, Hanuman Prasad Poddar, New Delhi, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1987, p.133. 58. Ibid., p.43. The role of the VHP in the cow protection movement of 1966 is discussed at some length later in this chapter. 59. Jagdish Saran Sharma, The National Biographical Dictionary of India, New Delhi, Sterling, 1972, pp.186-187. 60. At a meeting of the executive committee of the VHP held at Mysore on 28 May 1965. Quoted from Shraddhanjali Smarika, op. cit., p.22. 61. Ibid. At a meeting of the executive committee of VHP held at Mysore on 26 April 1966. 62. Bangalore correspondent, 'Mysore Maharaja becomes Vishva Hindu Parishad president' , Organiser, 7 June 1965, p. 13. 63. Jaya Chamraj Wadiyar, 'Grass-Roots of Hinduism' , World Hindu Conference 1979, op. cit., p.6 (English section). 64. Ibid., pp.6 and 8. 65. Karan Singh, Towards a New India, Delhi, Vikas Publishing House, 1974, p.5. 66. Karan Singh, heir of the last ruler of Jammu and Kashmir state, 'Hindu Renaissance', Seminar, April 1983, pp.14-17. 67. Ibid., p.18. 68. Ibid., p.15. 69. Ibid., p.16. 70. H.V. Seshadri, RSS: A Vision in Action, Bangalore, Jagrana Prakashan, p.52. 71. Ibid., p.67. 72. Ibid., p.62. 73. This coalition was headed by Morarji Desai, a former Congress man, ^diose political rivalry with Indira Gandhi went back to 1967 when he was defeated by her in the Congress Parliamentary Party leadership elections. 74. Swami Chinmayananda, op. cit., p. 101. 75. H.K. Vyas, op. cit., p.5. 76. Sri Guruji (Golwalkar), 'Hindus must wake up', Extracts from the speech delivered at Assam Vishva Hindu Parishad Conference held at Gauhati on 2 October 1966 in World Hindu Conference 1979, ibid., p. 16 (English section). 77. Shivram Shankar Apte, 'Modernising the Hindu Samaj and Dharma', World Hindu Conference 1979, op. cit., p.96 (English section). 78. Sri Guruji (Golwalkar), op. cit., p.16. 79. A contemporary member of the VHP who chaired a VHP committee to rework the Constitution of India. 80. Karan Singh, 'Crisis in Hinduism', Seminar, February 1993, p.44. 81. Yogendra K. Malik and V.B. Singh, Hindu Nationalists in India: The Rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party, New Delhi, Vistaar publications, 1994, pp.161-