Essentials of Hindutva
 Title page of the 1923 edition | |
| Author | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Hindutva |
| Genre | Political manifesto Political philosophy |
| Publication date | May 1923 |
| Publication place | British India |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 88 (original publication) 141 (1969 publication) |
| ISBN | 9788188388257 (2003 publication) |
| OCLC | 0670049905 |
Essentials of Hindutva, also titled Hindutva: Who is a Hindu? or simply Hindutva, is a 1923 political pamphlet by Indian politician and ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. It was published pseudonymously while Savarkar was in prison. Savarkar's pamphlet formulated Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist ideology.