“Nine quotes about Hindutva and Hindus by Western Philosophers”
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Claim dated 1 Feb 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
There is no evidence to conclude that these quotations were made by these prominent people. In fact, the word ‘Hindutva’ had come into prominence after VD Savarkar’s “Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?” which was published in 1923; by which time, Leo Tolstoy and Nostradamus were already dead
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 February 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 February 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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