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GK QUESTION#2669

In his book History of British India, which historian presented a classification of Indian history into three phases—Hindu, Muslim, and British?

  1. AHenry Thomas Colebrooke
  2. BJohn Marshall
  3. CWilliam Hunter
  4. DJames MillCorrect answer
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D. James Mill

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James Mill divided Indian history into Hindu, Muslim and British periods in his 1817 History of British India. This was a colonial interpretation, rather than a neutral or exhaustive classification.

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