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I yield to none in a genuine desire to promote communal harmony and amity. If I have violated the political convention of the day by revealing the very unpleasant but historical truth about the relations between the Hindus and Muslims, I have done so in order to elucidate and explain the course of events in the past, not unmingled with the hope that our leaders would drawn some useful lessons for the future.
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R.C. Majumdar (History of the Freedom Movement in India. Vol. I)