Table of Contents

The RSS as a movement for social reform (1925-1948); Nehru's secularist struggle; the Jana Sangh - a party of the long term; the competition for legitimacy; the first Hindu political mobilization - the Cow Protection Movement of 1967; the new Vajpayee Line; precipitous integration; the former Jan Sangh - a pillar of the Janata Party; the return of the RSS and the strategy of Hindu mobilization; a favourable context; the rallying of the BJP.