"Now, suppose that the English community and the army were to leave India, taking with them all their cannons and their splendid weapons and all else, who then would be the rulers of India? Is it possible that under these circumstances two nationsâthe Mohammedans and the Hindusâcould sit on the same throne and remain equal in power? Most certainly not. It is necessary that one of them should conquer the other. To hope that both could remain equal is to desire the impossible and the inconceivable. But until one nation has conquered the other and made it obedient, peace cannot reign in the land. [...] It is, therefore, necessary that for the peace of India and for the progress of everything in India the English Government should remain for many yearsâin fact for ever!"
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Iin a speech in March 1888, published in Quoted by Dilip Hiro, "The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan"
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Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (17 October 1817 â 27 March 1898), also known as Sir Syed and also Sayed Ahmad Khan, was an Indian educator and politician, and an Islamic reformer and modernist.
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