# The Forgotten Origins of Indian Liberalism

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Podcast: [Grand Tamasha](https://stenobird.com/podcast/grand-tamasha-340012)
Published: 2026-07-01T01:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week, Rahul Sagar join Milan to discuss his new book The Birth of Indian Liberalism: Mama Parmanand’s Letters to an Indian Raja, which uncovers an older tradition of Indian liberal thought through a remarkable work first published in 1891 and then largely forgotten for more than a century.

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