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"In truth, the Hindoo like the eunuchs, excels in the qualities of a slave." – James Mill.
No history books did more harm than James Mill's The History of British India.
James Mill's "The History of British India" has been the foundation of Indian history in academia in India &
the West and of attitudes towards Hindus in the West for nearly two centuries. This history drips with racism, bigotry and Christian errors about a 6000 year old Earth.
When you see how Western media outlets can routinely produce fake news about India in the days of social media
can you imagine the Empire producing these authoritative histories & the influence they wielded? It's a miracle that we Hindus survived their onslaught and this is why they despise us.

In the course of preparing his History Mill wrote a number of articles on the East India Co.
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James Mill's highly influential History of British India(1817), most particularly the long essay 'Of the Hindus' comprising ten chapters – is the single most important source of British Indophobia and hostility to Orientalism.
Dear Readers, this thread
with brief history and quotes will leave you distraught for sure and in the end, all you can do is weep, blame the destiny and will be searching for words in the end.
#JamesMill (6 April 1773 – 23 June 1836) was from Scotland, was ordained as a minister by church.
By 1802,
unable to find a parish and disillusioned with a religious career, he "emigrated" to England. There he quickly obtained a position as editor and writer, married, and began to raise a family. To secure his position & to defend the reason behind British intervention in Indian
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