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WE CAN BE A NATION ONLY THROUGH SOCIAL AMALAGAMATION
Discussing the Congress and Muslim League View-point with a repesentation of their paper on monday the 5th February
1940 night, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Leader of the Independent Labour Party, said,
“I do not agree with Mr. Gandhi and the Congress when they say that India is a nation. I do not agree either with the foreign relations committee of the Muslim League when they say that Hindus and Muslims could not be welded together into a nation.
“My belief is” he continued “that we are not a nation. But my confident hope is that we can be a nation provided proper processes of social amalgamation are set forth.” [1]
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- : The Times of India, Tuesday, 6th February 1940 :
Reprinted Khairmode, Vol, 9, P. 31