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Maulana Azad: Composite Nationalism: 3 key ideas
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- IDEA 1 OF 3
Composite nationalism
Azad argued that Indian identity was shared by all its communities, each enriching the other.
Pluralism was a source of strength, not a weakness.
- IDEA 2 OF 3
Education for all
As India's first education minister, he backed free primary education and founded institutions such as the UGC and IITs.
Education was the base of a free nation.
- IDEA 3 OF 3
Reason and faith
A religious scholar himself, Azad held that faith and reason could coexist.
He used learning to argue against sectarian division.
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