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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Hindu Samhati<br />
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| abbreviation = HS<br />
| formation = {{start date and age|df=yes|p=y|2008|02|14}}<br />
| type = [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]]<br />
| status = Active<br />
| purpose = [[Bengali Hindus]] [[advocacy]]<br />
| headquarters = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
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| region_served = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| parent_organization = [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]<br />
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| founder = [[Tapan Ghosh]]<br />
| leader_title = President<br />
| leader_name = Debtanu Bhattacharjee<br />
| website = {{Official website|http://www.hindusamhati.net/}}<br />
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'''Hindu Samhati''' ({{Lang-bn|হিন্দু সংহতি|links=no|lit=Hindu solidarity}}) is a [[Far-right politics|Far-right]] [[Hindu Nationalist|Hindu nationalist]] organisation founded on 14 February 2008 by [[Tapan Ghosh]]. The organisation's main aim was to protect [[Bengali Hindus]]. It has organisation in every district of [[West Bengal]]. It has opened newly units in [[Assam]] and [[Jharkhand]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-07-11|title=Bengal Hindutva leader who took on RSS quits organisation he founded|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/bengal-hindutva-leader-who-took-on-rss-quits-organisation-he-founded/story-g0Fk5DcgdQ33hflNcDWfSN.html|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Its main slogan is "Jai Maa Kali" along with "[[Jai Shree Ram]]".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-23|title=Why so many in Bengal are talking about Hindu Samhati|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/why-so-many-in-bengal-are-talking-about-hindu-samhati-love-jihad-5074756/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Etymolgy ==<br />
''"Hindu Samhati"'' came from [[Bengali alphabet|Bengali word]] meaning "''Hindu solidarity''". The main motive of the organisation was solidarity with [[Hindus]], primarly with [[Bengali Hindus|Bengalis]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2018-03-03|title=Tapan Ghosh’s Hindu Samhati And Its Brand of Bengali Hindutva|url=https://www.newsclick.in/tapan-ghoshs-hindu-samhati-and-its-brand-bengali-hindutva|access-date=2021-08-23|website=NewsClick|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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=== Background ===<br />
The organisation was founded in February 2008 by [[Tapan Ghosh]] after he was separated from the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] due to the ideological conflicts and the working the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]].<ref name=":0" /> He and his followers formed to organisation for the [[Advocacy]] of [[Bengali Hindus]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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=== Functioning ===<br />
Samhati has been an advocate on the [[persecution of Bengali Hindus]] and has worked for the protection and betterment of [[Bengali Hindus]] and had also made prominence in the [[eastern India]], notably in [[West Bengal]] along with [[Assam]] and [[Jharkhand]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hindu Samhati - A platform for the voices from the grassroots|url=https://hindusamhati.net/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Hindu Samhati|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hindu Samhati Silchar plans a massive rally on Mahalaya morning; To demonstrate in a detention camp-replica|url=https://www.barakbulletin.com/en_US/hindu-samhati-silchar-plans-a-massive-rally-on-mahalaya-morning-to-demonstrate-in-a-detention-camp-replica/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Barak Bulletin|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Hindu nationalism]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{Official website|http://www.hindusamhati.net/}}<br />
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