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To
THE HON'BLE SIR ASUTOSH MOOKERJEE,
Kt., C.S.I., M.A., D.L., D.Sc, Ph.D.
these pages are dedicated
as an humble token of
the Author's deep sense of gratitude
for
the epoch-making step he has taken
by initiating and organising the new department of
Indian Vernaculars in our University,
a movement that is fraught with vast possibilities
for the development of Indian National Life,
based on a clear consciousness of
India's distinctive greatness
and homogeneous cultural progress.