Moonje was born into a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) family[1] in 1872 at Bilaspur in Central Provinces.
His association with Hindu Mahasabha increased and he was also political mentor of Hedgewar who founded RSS in 1925.
[2] Moonje was the All India President of the Hindu Mahasabha from 1927 until he handed over the charge to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1937.
He also attended the Round Table Conferences (in London) twice, despite strong opposition from Congress leaders on his views.
During March 15 to 24, 1931, Moonje travelled to Italy, where he met with Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and was shown the militarization of society through a guided tour of organizations such as Balilla, the Accademia della Farnesina and other military schools and educational institutions.