* 1 History
* 2 Reform movements
* 3 Hindu nationalism
* 4 Present state
* 5 Diwali in India
* 6 Census of 2001

[edit] History

Main article: History of Hinduism

[edit] Reform movements

Because of the alarming rate of conversions during the British Raj, Hinduism in India and abroad (like Guyana and Suriname) underwent a series of reforms. The spearheading organisations being Brahmo Samaj, Arya Samaj. Religious leaders like Swami Vivekananda, Dayanand Saraswati, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sri Aurobindo and political leaders like Gandhi called for reform and complete turnover of the social structuring.Tulasidas,Sant Kabeer Das, Raidas, Chaitnya Mahaprabhu etc were pioneer of the bhakti movement for the social reformation.

[edit] Hindu nationalism

Main article: Hindu nationalism

The cause of revivalist Indian nationalism, as well as Hindu nationalism fuelled these reforms. Hindu nationalism was aggressively promoted by freedom fighters like:

1. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar - for the formation of a Hindu nation.
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak - promoted Hindu festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali.
3. Purushottam Das Tandon - promoted Hindi as the national language of India.
4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - one of the main people who struggled for Political integration of India.
5. S. Srinivasa Iyengar - worked hard to deliver a resolution upholding Hindu-Muslim unity, bringing about a temporary political agreement between the political leaders of the two communities.
6. Rabindranath Tagore - wrote the national anthem of India.
7. Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya- Established Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalay(www.bhu.ac.in) in Varansi a great seat of learing for modern science, technology, Dharma Vidya etc.He was great lawyer,educationsit, politician but he was an exception in politics, as he left the apex carrier of ploitics and chose to social service.

Others include: Lala Lajpat Rai, Sarojini Naidu, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, K.B. Hedgewar.

The 1947 Partition of India gave rise to bloody rioting and indiscriminate killing of Hindus and Muslims. This was a major factor in fuelling Hindu-Muslim animosity. What followed over the years was the laying of secular principles in the Indian Constitution. The last 60 years have been relatively peaceful in most parts of the country except with the notable exception of communal riots in 1991 and 2002.

[edit] Present state

Today, Hinduism plays pivotal roles in politics, with political parties siding with one community, often at the expense of the other through votebank politics. However, radical Islamic and Hindu elements are still evident in some sensitive areas like Godhra, Mathura, Ayodhya, Mumbai, etc. There are 930 million Hindus(80% of Population) living in India right now, which is the majority of the world's Hindu population.

[edit] Diwali in India

Diwali in India is celebrated much more vigorously than anywhere else. They do most of the things other countries do to celebrate Diwali, and more. In India they often stay up for most of the night singing and watching plays about the victory of light over dark, good over evil. On the day of Diwali,In India many wear new clothes, share sweets and snacks, and light firecrackers to celebrate this festival.

[edit] Census of 2001

The Hindu population of India according to the official 2001 census [1] is given below. Most drastic decrease in 1991-2001 period is observed in Manipur, from 57% to 46%, where there has been a resurgence of the indiginous Sanamahi religion. For more detailed figures from 2001 census, see this table.
Region ↓ Hindus ↓ Total ↓ % Hindus ↓
India 827,578,868 1,028,610,328

99.34%
Himachal Pradesh 5,800,222 6,077,900 95.43%
Chhattisgarh 19,729,670 20,833,803 94.70%
Orissa 34,726,129 36,804,660 94.35%
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 206,203 220,490 93.52%
Madhya Pradesh 55,004,675 60,348,023 91.15%
Daman and Diu 141,901 158,204 89.69%
Gujarat 45,143,074 50,671,017 89.09%
Andhra Pradesh 67,836,651 76,210,007 89.01%
Rajasthan 50,151,452 56,507,188 88.75%
Haryana 18,655,925 21,144,564 88.23%
Tamil Nadu 54,985,079 62,405,679 88.11%
Pondicherry 845,449 974,345 86.77%
Tripura 2,739,310 3,199,203 85.62%
Uttaranchal 7,212,260 8,489,349 84.96%
Karnataka 44,321,279 52,850,562 83.86%
Bihar 69,076,919 82,998,509 83.23%
Delhi 11,358,049 13,850,507 82.00%
Uttar Pradesh 133,979,263 166,197,921 80.61%
Maharashtra 77,859,385 96,878,627 80.37%
Chandigarh 707,978 900,635 78.61%
West Bengal 58,104,835 80,176,197 72.47%
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 246,589 356,152 69.24%
Jharkhand 18,475,681 26,945,829 68.57%
Goa 886,551 1,347,668 65.78%
Assam 17,296,455 26,655,528 64.89%
Sikkim 329,548 540,851 60.93%
Kerala 17,883,449 31,841,374 56.16%
Manipur 996,894 2,166,788 46.01%
Punjab 8,997,942 24,358,999 36.94%
Arunachal Pradesh 379,935 1,097,968 34.60%
Jammu and Kashmir 3,005,349 10,143,700 29.63%
Meghalaya 307,822 2,318,822 13.27%
Nagaland 153,162 1,990,036 7.70%
Lakshadweep 2,221 60,650 3.66%
Mizoram 31,562 888,573 3.55%