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The history of India that we read in schools and memorize to pass our examinations is the account of a horrible dream - a nightmare through which India has passed. It tells us of unknown people from no one knows where entering India; bloody wars breaking out; father fighting son and brother killing brother to snatch at the throne; one set of marauders passing away with another coming in to take its place; Pathan and Mughal, Portuguese, French and English - all helping to add to the nightmarish confusion.
--The Message of Indian History - 1902 - R. Tagore |
