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    "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
    "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose",
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      "chunk_title": "Address and Nationalist Commitment",
      "chunk_data": "In his address to the A.I.C.I.C. conference of 1943, Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, the first Governor of Bombay following Independence, affirms the commitment of the Indian Christian community to the nationalist cause and pleads for fair treatment from the majority communities. Cited in Indian Witness, Vol. 73, No. 12, March 25, 1943, p. 91.",
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      "chunk_data": "We are behind no other community in our burning desire for a self-governing India in the immediate future.",
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      "chunk_data": "We are nationalists as much as any one else.",
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      "chunk_title": "Christian Faith and Indian Identity",
      "chunk_data": "While we are Christians and proud to be such so far as our faith is concerned, in all other matters we are Indians first and Indians last.",
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      "chunk_title": "Country Above Communal Interests",
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      "chunk_title": "Renouncing Separate Electorates",
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      "chunk_data": "Many including myself are members of the All-India Liberal Federation, a political body which welcomes adherents from every community and creed.",
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      "chunk_data": "At the same time we earnestly request our Hindu and Muslim compatriots to treat us and specially our poorer brethren with justice and even generosity.",
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