In the year 1775 he was hanged by those incorrupt English judges who were sent to India by Parliament to protect the natives from oppression.
Edmund Burke: “In the year 1775 he was hanged by those incorrupt English judges who were sent to India by Parliament to protect the…”
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Burke reflects on the consequences of colonial justice in India, highlighting the fate of a native man wrongfully executed.
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