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This is a true and unexaggerated picture, not only of Furruckabad, but of at least three fourths of the country which we possess, or rather lay waste, in India.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “This is a true and unexaggerated picture, not only of Furruckabad, but of at least three fourths of the country which we…”
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Burke asserts that Hastings' depiction of Furruckabad reflects the broader devastation caused by colonialism in India.
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