Hindu Rashtra

English Etymology en Hindu sa राष्ट्र state, nation; possibly an unadapted borrowing from Hindi or another Indian language. Proper noun Hindu Rashtra en Hindutva Hindudom Hinduism the (idealised) administration of India under a theocratic government as a Hindu state as sought by Hindu nationalists en 1982 w:Balraj Madhok Rationale of Hindu State 99 The RSS has been in existence since 1925. It considered the whole of India to be Hindu Rashtra. The way India was partitioned only confirmed the RSS view about Hindu Rashtra which is in keeping with the modern concept of nationalism. en 1998 The Muse and the Minorities: Social Concerns and Creative Cohesion : International Seminar, Papers and Proceedings Steering Committee the Muse and Minorities 172, 384 Even as Pakistan had been declared an Islamic state, India should be declared a Hindu Rashtra, they argued.A nation is a nation but when everyone starts calling it Hindu Rashtra or a Sikh nation or a Muslim nation then it becomes a theocratic State. en https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/uttar-pradesh-2022-a-blueprint-for-the-yogis-hindu-rashtra/ w:The Diplomat The end game is the establishment of a Hindu Rashtra, an ethnic democracy predicated on their ideology of Hindutva, an ethno-religious nationalism holding that the cultural values of Hinduism (as interpreted by the Hindu Right) are indistinguishable from the national identity of India. Uttar Pradesh 2022: A Blueprint for the Yogi’s Hindu Rashtra December 11, 2021 Antara Chakraborthy; Pravin Prakash https://web.archive.org/web/20250714161120/https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/uttar-pradesh-2022-a-blueprint-for-the-yogis-hindu-rashtra/ 14 July 2025 en https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-governor-has-mindset-of-an-rss-worker-says-cpim-state-secretary-mv-govindan/article65914723.ece w:The Hindu He said the country is facing “a moment of crisis” with the RSS aiming to turn it into a Hindu Rashtra if it manages to win the next elections. Kerala Governor has mindset of an RSS worker, says CPI(M) State Secretary M.V. Govindan September 20, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20250725085325/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-governor-has-mindset-of-an-rss-worker-says-cpim-state-secretary-mv-govindan/article65914723.ece 25 July 2025 See also en Ramrajya en Akhand Bharat en Nationalism Theocracy