“And whether he wanted to be or not, he was famous.”

— William McKeen

Source: Outlaw Journalist (2008), Chapter 12, Truth Is Never Told In Daylight, p. 201

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American academic 1954

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“I don't have an iota of interest in the historical Muhammad Tughlaq. I have no interest as to whether he was good or evil, whether he was pro or anti-Hindu. I wished to write an entertaining play, and in the endeavor, wanted to choose a fairly complex character.”

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