Akhand Bharat (Hindustani: अखण्ड भारत (Devanagari)) or Undivided India is an irredentist call to include Pakistan and Bangladesh into India to form a Hindu Rashtra raised by mainstream Indian political organization Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Maps of Akhand Bharat are circulated showing the sovereign countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh as part of India. Reclaiming the "Hindudom" of Akhand Bharat was a big reason behind the demolition of Babri Masjid, which caused the death of at least 2,000 people in 1992. Formation of an Akhand Bharat is ideologically connected with the ideas of sangathan (Hindu unity) and shuddhi (purification).
While BJP leadership wavers on the issue, RSS always remained a proponent of the idea. RSS leader H. V. Seshadri's book The Tragic Story of Partition stresses the importance of the concept of Akhand Bharat. RSS in-house newspaper Organiser published another party leader Mohan Bhagwat saying that only Akhand Bharat and Sampoorna Samaj (united society) can bring real freedom.
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