M. C. Chagla Quotes

Mohammadali Carim Chagla was an Indian jurist, diplomat, and Cabinet Minister who served as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court from 1947 to 1958. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. September 1900 – 9. February 1981
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Famous M. C. Chagla Quotes

“I am a Hindu because I trace my ancestry to my Aryan forefathers.”

Quoted by H.P. Sharma: This land of Aryans, Pioneer, 21.12.1989, quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2014). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p. 363

“I appeal to the Muslim community … to join the national mainstream…. What we want is that all of us… should … feel and think as Indians and should not get into separate compartments.”

Elst, Koenraad (2014). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p. 363

“To say that the BJP is communal is absolutely absurd and without any basis.”

Speech at BJP Plenary Session, quoted also in L.K. Advani: Presidential Address, Plenary Session (1995), and quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p.554

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