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“ But when we use the word nationalism in connection with India, we do so without the least suggestion of encroachment on the rights of other peoples. We only want to get back our lost liberties, rights and heritage, and, above all, we want to do our duty to our country and to the world unhampered by restrictions imposed by any outside authority.
From his youth upwards Surendranath preached the ideal of an united Indian nation. The speeches and writings of no other political leader in India has harped more often and more insistently on the united India ideal. ”

“ Surendranath was ever an optimist. He believed the people would be able to unsettle the “settled fact” of the partition of Bengal, and he was right.
There is a limit to the growth and adaptibility of every individual’s personality. Therefore the fact that Surendranath could not march with the times to the end of his days, does not detract from the work and achievement of his life. In fact, the most prominent members of the political parties opposed to his, have admitted, what is true, that they were only building on the foundations laid by Surendranath. ”

“ A few other leaders there have been who have done more political spade work for their provinces than Surendranath; but there is no other leader whose political mission work covered so large a part of India as that of Surendranath in his generation. For this reason, without making any comparison, he may be rightly styled the father of Indian nationalism. Owing to the unrighteous and aggressive selfishness which has come to be associated with the word nationalism, it has acquired a bad odour. ”