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India has not given the world war, but Buddha.
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The sentence contrasts two things India is said to have given the world: war and Buddha. It rejects war as India’s defining contribution and presents Buddha as the more meaningful one. The comparison places violence against a figure associated, in the quote, with a different and more peaceful kind of influence.
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- Prime Minister’s Office, India
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- Official Statement
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