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I do not want that our loyalty as Indians should be in the slightest way affected by any competitive loyalty whether that loyalty arises out of our religion, out of our culture or out of our language. I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.
I do not want that our loyalty as Indians should be in the slightest way affected by any competitive loyalty whether that loyalty arises out of our religion, out of our culture or out of our language. I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.
Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
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- B.R. Ambedkar
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- Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to B.R. Ambedkar, based on documented lifetime 1891 to 1956. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231690 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231690 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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