[41] Quoted from R. C. Dutt.
[42] Quoted from R. C. Dutt.
[43] Quoted from Lajpat Rai.
[44] Digby.
[45] Digby.
Chapter IX
INDIAN NATIONALISM—ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH
Before discussing at length the problems of Indian nationalism, let us consider whether India is really a nation, or is merely a composite of peoples inhabiting the same country. India’s fundamental unity as a nation has been denied often by prominent scholars, while its historic and cultured oneness has really never been acknowledged by the English rulers of the country. Sir John Strachey remarks: