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The year is 1645.. 14-year old Shivaji starts his activities towards establishing Hindavi Swarajya. The idea may not be completely formed in its finality in the head of that iconic teenager. But he has grasped the simple and obvious fact which can be stated thus - Hindus should rule India, not some Arab, Mongol, Pathan, Turk, Irani, Uzbek, Abyssinian, Portuguese or British. The concept of India taught to him by his mother and other teachers which is prevalent in all Hindu epics (Land between From Himayalas to Southern Ocean is India) is the basic understanding of that teenager. He knows the sacred sites of Hindus are under siege - destroyed OR threatened. Be it sites of Vaishanavas, OR shakti-peeThas (he was devotee of Bhavaani, named after Parvati's name "Shivaa") OR Jyotirlingas of Shankara. He understands that these temples need to be liberated and the constant threat and sword of Damocles (or Sword of Islam) hanging over Hindus need to go.. Somehow. And he knew one way to do it - the way of Vaanar-Sena of Ramayana. He gathers his Vaanar-Sena and starts establishing Hindavi Swarajya - One fort at a time.
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The decade of 1730s. The seed planted by Shivaji, almost century ago is now ready to expand. Hindavi Swarajya has just defeated Mughals after 27 year long and bloody war and emerged victorious. The administration of burgeoning Swarajya is now delegated to office of Peshwa (Prime Minister) in Pune by the emperor of Hindavi Swarajya seated in Satara. But a significant portion of Hindavi Swarajya refuses to acknowledge primacy of Prime-Minister in affairs of Swarajya and pledges its allegiance directly to the emperor and not to Peshwa. The ruler of that portion (Raghuji Bhosale) of swarajya sits in city of Nagpur in central India. Compromise is reached over next 15 years wherein eastern India is delegated as domain of Bhosales and Western India delegated to domain of Peshwa (and those swerving that office - Holkars, Shindes). All the stake-holders - be it Peshwa faction OR Bhosale (Nagpur) faction are fueled by the founding principle of Shivaji Maharaj and Ramdas Swami - To liberate India and Hindu teerthas from dominion of Hinduphobic mlechhas (barbarians - Mughal OR Portuguese) ruling various parts of India for 600-700 years by then.
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Nagpur - Raghuji Bhosale initiates campaign to attack eastern India. By this time, Peshwas had already conquered territories up to Delhi and subjugated Rajputana and other regions either directly (in case of Malwa) or indirectly under 25% annual tax - chauthai agreement (Rajputana states). Nagpur begins its operations in eastern India in late 1730s and early 40s. Chhattisgarh liberated. Odisha liberated. Swarajya armies cross Subarnarekha river for the first time and enter the land of Bengal.
For next decade the Nawab of Bengal and Marathas fight and finally Subarnarekha is made working border and Odisha comes permanently under control of Swarajya in 1751. But the work is still undone. Nagpur knows this. And Pune knows this.
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It is 1759. Swarajya (the Pune branch) has by this time conquered territories up to Attock and Peshawar and are getting in the war with Afghans. However the collective wisdom of Pune has seen this problem with their strategy. They are engaging in Punjab without securing Ganga-Valley. They decide to disentangle from Punjab and focus again on unfinished chapter of previous decade - Bengal. That is when this famous letter is issued from Shanivar Waada in Pune to Gwalior (Dattaji Shinde) to focus on Bengal and liberate it on priority. I have referred to it in this tweet and I have reproduced that letter (along with English translation) on my blog. Link given below. Fascinating insight on political thought process of Pune court. Unfortunately Dattaji is ambushed and killed while he was moving eastward. And Marathas are sucked into campaign with Afhgans and third battle of panipat, the debacle there and their resurrection under brilliant Madhavrao-1 Peshwa by 1772. But meanwhile, East India Company has captured and colonised Bengal. Marathas still sitting in Odisha - to west of Subarnarekha watching the developments. But the question of Bengal remains unaddressed. Bengal passes on from Islamic domination to Christian domination.
Reference letter from blog - https://kalchiron.blogspot.com/2015/03/balaji-bajirao-peshwas-letter-to.html
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The year is 1916. A young medical student, originally a Deshastha Brahmin from Nagpur is studying in Kolkata in day. he is also working with and learning from Anusheelan Samiti by the side. His name is Keshav Baliram Hedgewar. He is well-versed with history of Hindus, of Hindavi Swarajya, of Past sojourns of Hindavi Swarajya with Bengal - the repeated attempts, the mistakes made by Hindus. He is contemplating on methods to rectify those mistakes and build an organisation of Hindus which will inherit the moorings of Hindavi Swarajya while improving and improvising on modalites as per changed circumstances. He understood where Hindus fall short, what are the requirements of times to build such organisation. He meets with various Hindu leaders - From Maharashtra to Bengal, from Tamil nadu to Punjab. And after deep brainstorming, on vijaya dashami of 1925 AD, establishes Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur. WIthin years of its establishment, RSS becomes a Hindu street power protecting Hindus wherever possible from Muslim street menace. RSS becomes descendant of Hindavi Swarajya, the inheritor of its legacy who will continue the work for which Hindavi Swarajya was envisioned by Shivaji Maharaj in 1645.
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The year is 1946. Direct action day in Bengal. Thousands of Hindus are raped and massacred by Jihadis of Muslim league. Warriors like Gopal Patha saves the day and keeps Kolkata in India by preventing demographic collapse of Hindus is region that we today call West Bengal. India wins freedom in 1947. The RSS decides that for pushing its policies, it needs to have its swayamsevaks in politics. Enter Shyamaprasad Mukherjee (SPM). Erstwhile member of Hindu Mahasabha, SPM establishes Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) which was the political arm of the burgeoning "Sangh Pariwar". A Bhadralok gentleman from Bengal introduced RSS to National Politics becoming its founding member. BJS still remains in the fringes of Indian polity slowly building grass-root network with help of RSS Swayamsevaks. SPM himself sacrifices his life in Kashmir on principle of not having two flags, two premiers and two constitutions in one India - that sacrifice of SPM becomes guiding star for the political journey of RSS and BJS. They come breifly in power from 1977 to 1980. Then from 1998 to 2004. And then from 2014 till date. They win most of the states, form stable government, fulfil dream of SPM (abolishing article 370), rebuild Ram temple in Ayodhya (and work happening by legal means to liberate Kashi, Mathura, Sambhal and many other temples besieged by Muslim occupation for centuries). Still Bengal remains elusive. The dream of Raghuji Bhosale, the dream of Mukherjee and dream of Shivaji maharaj remains unfulfilled.
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The lost decade of UPA - 2004-2014. Place is Indian twitter. The phenomenon of Internet Hindus has been on the rise for a decade now. Various groups of enthusiastic internet Hindus exist - On twitter and on other defense forums like Bharat-Rakshak and others where nationalistic Hindus come together to fight, discuss, brainstorm history, geography, economics and future of Hindutva. The result of this was victory of Narendra Modi in 2014. The user who currently tweets by the handle @Kal_Chiron participates in such discussions on various forums. Brilliant minds interact, often passionately. Many of them eventually become great personal friends of the person behind this handle. Some get fiercely angry and block this handle, others maintain distance. What follows in this article is the gist of all the musings that happened in various such groups in which @Kal_Chiron was a participant and the points he put forth in these groups and forums from 2004 to 2015. To avoid appearing presumptuous, the handle will quite referring to himself in third person and assume the usage of perpendicular pronoun.
The centrality of Odisha
When discussing ways to "solve" Bengal in favour of Hindus, one has to understand how our predecessors approached the problem. How Sangh approaches the problem and therefore how we must do so. History tells us that to crack Bengal, control over Odisha was must to support incursions east of subarnarekha. Afterall, it was liberation of Cuttack that helped the armies of Swarajya to attack Bengal under Nawab. When Sangh swayamsevaks are to work in Bengal (which by this point of time has been severely crushed under terrible and long regimes of Left Parties and TMC), there are certain tasks which certain sections of Swayamsevaks do that needs local police support. When police in the region are antagonistic (as in WB under TMC), having sympathetic police from the adjoining regions is must. To enter Bengal, one must enter from Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha. So simple understanding of Chanakya's Mandala theory is that first control of Odisha, Bihar, Assam and Jharkhand is must. The geography supports Odisha and Bihar access route better than Jharkhand (it does not make difference now in days of mobile phones but the long term contours remain etched on historical tapestry - it is good to heed to them). If some swayamsevaks goes in Bengal does some task (lets say give a lecture mobilizing Hindus and is deemed undesirable, having a quick retreat to friendly territory is essential). Think of Hamza ali mazari (since that example is popular and fresh in public's mind at the time of writing this article) retrieved from hostile territory. It would be difficult to support OR extract Hamza from Afghanistan, but from Pakjab is easier (geography).
That piece of puzzle was missing. Now in 2026, that piece of puzzle in place. Once soldiers of hindavi swarajya have base in Cuttack, no need to move armies all the way from central India. RSS is inheritor of Hindavi Swarajya's legacy, its strengths, its weaknesses and its strong regions too. While sustaining outward expansion, the swayamsevaks (and general public) working in Bengal were always going to work along the lines of 1740 incursion - Crossing Subarnarekha from Odisha in Bankura, Vishnupur area and try to move towards Murshidabad/Kolkata. It was the case then and it is the case now. BJP (Hindavi Swarajya's inheritor) won from west to east. The entry point is controlled via Odisha. Hence control over Odisha was extremely critical. Also, We now control eastern seaboard of India for first time in 300 years. It always remained elusive
What happens next:
Subhendu will be CM. He has fought valiantly. Unless sangh parivar throws up some unexpected name, in all probability Shubhendu Adhikari will be the first BJP CM of West Bengal. But he will be (and in my opinion he should be) a namesake CM only - at least in his first term.
For first terms, even Maharashtra and UP were run like union territories from PMO. CMs (Devendra and Yogi) were rubber stamps only. Only in mid second term slowly autonomy given to Yogi and to Devendra. Himanta refused to be rubber stamp hence had to be stay as HM for first term (and to prove his loyalty to the cause and organization). Subhendu must agree or there will be some Sonoval equivalent. Shubhendu, like Himanta, is not from ideological backing of Hindutva. So it will need a closer monitoring anyways.
Almost every major file in MH (and UP) was reviewed by dedicated bench in PMO from 2014-19. Whatever files were remaining, DF transferred all to centre in his 3-day govt when UBT backstabbed BJP in 2019. Similar thing will be needed in Bengal. The bureaucracy, police from cabinet secretariat to gram-panchayat of some obscure village in Sundarbans has been infiltrated and cultivated by Left and TMC over the course of last 50 years. There is no way to know who in the bureaucracy and police stands where in loyalty, competency and soundness (refer to definition of "soundness" by Sir Arnold from Yes Minister). Until this vetting and placement of key personnel happens methodically, it will be difficult to turn around West Bengal - things are that bad.
The Role of Amit bhai Shah:
West Bengal will be personally ruled by Amit Shah this time and not by PMO. For all practical purposes, Amit shah is now ruler of WB. He lacks finesse of Modi. But perhaps WB needs AS for getting back on track.
What I know from following sangh and being its swayamsevak from childhood and from observing Amit Shah very closely (and admiringly), what I can say with confidence that the mistakes done 250 years ago by swarajya will not be repeated this time. It was a half-hearted attack then (in 1740s). There were no armies of Pune Gwalior, thanjavur, Indore accompanying nagpur armies. Partially same thing happened in 2021.
This time swarajya's inheritor attacked in unison. I don’t think Bengal will abandon saffron anymore for next 20-30 years now. Sangh Parivar will do thorough cleanup of Bengal now and get invested in fabric of Bengal completely and thoroughly - to an extent that Bengal will become like MP and Gujarat for Sangh in coming years. Solid, dependable region providing great human resources for further the cause of Hindutva nationally and globally.
The Future: Why I have high hopes from Bengal:
And I feel Bengal will lead Hindutva henceforth. It is my intuition. Especially Bengal will now come up some workable and scalable strategy to do mass gharwapsi (or ghenghiz khan treatment or both). Bhau Torsekar planted this idea in my head. He has not expanded on it (perhaps he hasn't thought too much on this until now beyond a point OR is tight-lipped on it yet).
I compare and contrast this with people in Maharashtra. We (in MH) have grown far too rich and lazy. The threat perception is not that high. We have become far too casteist. I am seeing the problems creeping in mindset of Maharashtra (in spite of being fountainhead of modern Hindutva). I hope that someone fills the gaps. I had hoped it will be UP, but I am not sure about it now.
Bengal is progressive enough to adopt new ideas (like MH). Bengal is not very serious on caste divides (unlike MH to an extent and definitely unlike UP-Bihar). UP-Bihar are so traditionalists that I don’t see any hope from them coming up with new ideas which are relevant to modern times. Only MH and Bengal can do that. And MH is rich lazy and busy in caste-infighting. Therefore I hope that Bengal comes up with solutions and leads by example in next 10 years.
Gharwapsi entails inclusion of converted into mainstream society. UP-Bihar will never accept the reconverted in their mainstream. The Hindutvavaadi but progressive Bengal may come up with workable and scalable solutions.
The times are tough. Bengal has taken long to become hindutva state and there is distinct possibility that it is already too late. But I remain eternally optimistic. This time, we will beat the odds and survive, thrive and rise as a powerful and temporally relevant civilization providing alternative ideas of dharma to world which is struggling to achieve the state of sustainable living with surrounding while prospering materially. Dharma can teach the world that. And Bengal can (and will) help stabilise dharma - not just in eastern India but also in Eastern and South-eastern Asia. It is a remarkable development for people in North-east India and countries to east of India along bay of bengal rim.
Jay Shri Raama.
