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Hindu paramilitary volunteer organization founded in 1925 by Hedgewar, ideological matrix of the BJP and Hindutva. It runs thousands of shakhas of discipline and doctrine, social work and a network of affiliates, and was banned after Gandhi's assassination.
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Leans further toward religious than 82% of the 159 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
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Most compatible among the 266 ideologies
Project that seeks to organize state and society according to the strict interpretation of a religious doctrine, subordinating laws, customs, and politics to sacred precepts and rejecting modern secularism.
Current that preserves order, tradition, and hierarchy through a strong state, restricting freedoms and political participation in the name of social stability, morality, religion, and established authority.
Nationalist and syndicalist current that rejects liberalism and Marxism, advocating national unity, corporatist organization of labor, authoritarian social justice, and popular mobilization around the state.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian21%
Adviser to Chandragupta and attributed author of the Arthashastra, Chanakya (Kautilya) set out a doctrine of a strong monarchical state, with espionage, a regulated economy, a standing army and the mandala theory of states, in which the neighbor is a potential rival.
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Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party, in power in India since 2014 and the political arm of the RSS. It combines Hindutva, centralization of power and economic liberalization with welfare, and revoked Kashmir's autonomy in 2019.
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