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Q1. Describe how Professor Gaitonde demonstrated critical thinking when he encountered a different reality.


Professor Gaitonde demonstrated critical thinking by quickly recognizing that the world around him had diverged from the history he knew. Instead of reacting emotionally, he logically assessed his situation. For example, when he found the East India Company still in power and the Marathas ruling over large parts of India, he formulated a plan to visit the Asiatic Society library to consult history books. He used his expertise as a historian to trace where history had taken a different course, specifically identifying the Marathas’ victory at the Battle of Panipat as the turning point in this alternate reality.

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