“Communalism resulted not only in the division of the country…”

“Communalism resulted not only in the division of the country, which inflicted a deep wound in the heart of the people which will take a long time to heal if it ever heals but also assassination of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

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Title: Wikiquote: Jawaharlal Nehru
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Coimbatore public speech, June 3, 1948, Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, second series, vol. 6, p. 25. Quoted in . “Sectional President’s Address: COMMUNAL THREAT AND SECULAR RESISTANCE.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol. 71, (2010-2011). Also in "After Gandhi's Assassination, Nehr

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Nehru, Jawaharlal. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Jawaharlal Nehru. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru

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