Who said, 'The introduction of foreigners does not necessarily destroy the nation, they merge in it'?
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Correct answer: D. M. K. Gandhi
Explanation
Gandhi writes this in Hind Swaraj (1909, ch. 10), arguing that India has always absorbed newcomers and that 'a country is one nation only when such a condition obtains'.
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