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FOREWORD
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our deliverance at hand. Don't you see the moment the Mahomedans combine, that moment the Government will be at them. The moment the Government is at them, that very moment they will unite with us."

It was after this that the Moslem League was started in open opposition to the I. N. Congress. It was after this that the Moslem League strove and worked in perfect unity with the I. N. Congress. It was after this that the Hindu-Moslem Unity was declared a crime in the Punjab. Now we all know. Was he a practical politician ? Was he an idealist with a vision ?

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