History would be a revelation of the future as much as it was a study of the past.

Arundhati Roy
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History is not just a series of facts, but also a process of how the facts are related to each other. It is a study of different people and how they have come to be who they are. History is not just about what has happened, but about the future that will come because of what has happened.

Source: The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness

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