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History of Modern India QUOTES

History of Modern India QUOTES

1 " Friendly relations between the Hindus and Muslims were a very healthy feature of life in eighteenth-century India. "

― Bipan Chandra , History of Modern India

2 " All people, high or low, respected one another’s religion and a spirit of tolerance, even harmony, prevailed. "

― Bipan Chandra , History of Modern India

3 " Secularism is not, therefore, opposed to religion. It only means confining religion to the private life of the individual and dissociating it from politics and the state. As "

― Bipan Chandra , History of Modern India

4 " The unity and stability of the empire had been shaken up during the long and strong reign of Aurangzeb; "

― Bipan Chandra , History of Modern India

5 " On Aurangzeb’s death his three sons fought among themselves for the throne. The 65-year-old Bahadur Shah emerged victorious. He was learned, dignified, and able. He followed a policy of compromise and conciliation, and there was evidence of the reversal of some of the narrow-minded policies and measures adopted by Aurangzeb. He adopted a more tolerant attitude towards the Hindu chiefs and rajas. "

― Bipan Chandra , History of Modern India

6 " None of the Indian powers rose to claim the heritage of the Great Mughals for they were strong enough to destroy the empire but not strong enough to unite it or to create anything new in its place. "

― Bipan Chandra , History of Modern India