But such an expectation was fanciful according to him. Having largely sat on the fence and staying away from freedom struggle, the Muslims, in his opinion, jumped to gather their pound of flesh only after all the struggle and efforts by others had forced the British to climb down and begin granting concessions. Things had come to such a pass now that a separate non-Hindu state for the Muslims was being discussed, and this only went to show the thoughtless beliefs of the Hindu patriots of welding everyone on to a common nationhood through the bond of territorial unity that had eminently proved
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