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After the arrival of the ______ in India, the writing of history was, naturally, profoundly affected.

history vital villages, thriving towns construction of history sources of modern history the idea of history

  1. Dutch

  2. Portuguese

  3. French

  4. British

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The historian started giving a philosophical touch to every event he described. This was termed History. Every incident was narrated in a way beneficial to the writers. For ex: the British, while writing, projected all the freedom struggles as mutiny or riots. But the Indian writers rejected them as mutiny and instead called them a struggle for independence.