James Mill divided Indian history into three periods – Hindu, Muslim, Christian. State whether true or false.

True

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False

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Solution

Answer: False. In 1817, James Mill, a Scottish economist and political philosopher divided the Indian History into three periods - Hindu, Muslim and British.

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