It takes the average reader 9 hours and 43 minutes to read The Long March of Progress by Mahmood Hasan Khan
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It is a historical narrative of human progress, in which the author has included his own experience on three continents. The first part of this book focuses on the emergence of the 'Modern Age' in the West. In the second part, the author describes the arrival of Muslim invaders, Arabs, Afghans and Turks, their conquest and long rule in India to provide a contextual background for the evolution of an Indo-Muslim culture. The third part includes a description of the conditions of India in the eighteenth century, including the disintegration of Mughal Empire and the contest for power and territory among the native regional groups (Afghans, Marathas, Sikhs, and Jats) along with the European trading companies. It was during this period that two of the author's ancestors migrated from the Roh (hills in the north-west) to the Gangetic plain: Rohila settlements in the Gangetic plain were the foundation for his family's march of progress. The fourth part comprises an account of the arrival of Europeans in India, rising power of the East India Company, consolidation of the British Raj, and the events leading to the partition and independence of India in 1947. It was during the British rule that the ideas of progress imported from the West were grafted on to a very diverse cultural and social landscape of India. Paradoxically the British imperial rule laid the foundation for modernity in India. In the final part of the book, the author writes about his family's three migrations, the first two of his ancestors on the sub-continent and the last his own to Canada via the Netherlands. The narrative ends with optimism about the future, given the experience of progress so far and the great potential that humans possess.
The Long March of Progress by Mahmood Hasan Khan is 574 pages long, and a total of 145,796 words.
This makes it 194% the length of the average book. It also has 178% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 16 minutes to read The Long March of Progress aloud.
The Long March of Progress is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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