Dharm Shastra which provides for standardisation of Hinduism throughout India… But the point is that this ideal cannot be brought to effect unless we have our own swaraj with a Hindu as a dictator like Shivaji of old or Mussolini or Hitler of the present day in Italy or Germany. But this does not mean that we have to sit with folded hands until some such dictator arises in India. We should formulate a scientific scheme and carry on propaganda for it." - Meaning and context.">
In 31 March 1934, Moonje papers, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. Quoted in "Ramachandra Guha: Hindutva has strong links with fascism – but today’s leaders want to forget them", Scroll.in, June 5, 2022.
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I have thought out a scheme based on Hindu Dharm Shastra which provides for standardisation of Hinduism throughout India… But the point is that this ideal cannot be brought to effect unless we have our own swaraj with a Hindu as a dictator like Shivaji of old or Mussolini or Hitler of the present day in Italy or Germany. But this does not mean that we have to sit with folded hands until some such dictator arises in India. We should formulate a scientific scheme and carry on propaganda for it.

— B. S. Moonje

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I have thought out a scheme based on Hindu Dharm Shastra which provides for standardisation of Hinduism throughout India… But the point is that this ideal cannot be brought to effect unless we have our own swaraj with a Hindu as a dictator like Shivaji of old or Mussolini or Hitler of the present day in Italy or Germany. But this does not mean that we have to sit with folded hands until some such dictator arises in India. We should formulate a scientific scheme and carry on propaganda for it." in the context of "In 31 March 1934, Moonje papers, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. Quoted in "Ramachandra Guha: Hindutva has strong links with fascism – but today’s leaders want to forget them", Scroll.in, June 5, 2022." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About B. S. Moonje

Balakrishna Shivram Moonje (B.S. Moonje, also B.S. Munje, 12 December 1872 – 3 March 1948) was a leader of the Hindu Mahasabha in India.