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Hindu Rashtra

Hindu Rashtra proper noun: the (idealised) administration of India under a theocratic government as a Hindu state as sought by Hindu nationalists.

Proper noun

Hindu Rashtra

  1. (Hinduism) the (idealised) administration of India under a theocratic government as a Hindu state as sought by Hindu nationalists
    • 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.1982, Balraj Madhok, Rationale of Hindu State, page 99
    • 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.1998, The Muse and the Minorities: Social Concerns and Creative Cohesion : International Seminar, Papers and Proceedings, Steering Committee the Muse and Minorities, pages 172, 384

Origin of Hindu Rashtra

Compound of Hindu + Sanskrit राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra, “state, nation”); possibly an unadapted borrowing from Hindi or another Indian language.

Questions about Hindu Rashtra

What does Hindu Rashtra mean?
Hindu Rashtra means the (idealised) administration of India under a theocratic government as a Hindu state as sought by Hindu nationalists.
What part of speech is Hindu Rashtra?
Hindu Rashtra is a proper noun.

Words near Hindu Rashtra in the dictionary

  1. Hindu Koh
  2. Hindu Kush
  3. Hindu numeral
  4. Hindu numerals
  5. Hindu push-up
  6. Hindu Rashtra
  7. Hindu squat
  8. Hindu-Arabic numeral
  9. Hindu-Arabic numerals
  10. Hindu-Coosh
  11. Hindu-Kho

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