UDAIPUR, Aug 19 (TIWN): Akhand Bharat Diwas was observed by hosting a series of events in Udaipur on Saturday by Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal.

A massive rally lined by atleast 150 Bajrang Dal members also led by VHP leaders marked the occasion.

VHP Tripura Secretary Amal Chakraborty, and President Chandrasehar Kar president led the rally from Uadipur Matabari.

Akhand Bharat Diwas’ is celebrated annually from August 12 to August 14 to mean "Unified India" is a must for nation’s growth.

At the time of the Indian Independence Movement, K.M. Munshi advocated for Akhand Hindusthan, a proposition that Mahatma Gandhi, believing that "as Britain wanted to retain her empire by pursuing a policy of divide and rule, Hindu-Muslim unity could not be achieved as long as the British were there."

The call for creation of the Akhand Bharat or Akhand Hindusthan has on occasions been raised by Indian cultural and political organisations such as the Hindu Mahasabha,  RSS, VHP, Hindu Janajati Samiti, BJP.

 The name of one organisation sharing this goal, the Akhan Hindustan Morcha, bears the term in its name. Other major Indian non-sectarian political parties such as the Indian National Congress, maintain a position against the partition of India on religious grounds, do not subscribe to a call for Akhand Bharat.