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"Freedom comes when you know that you were always free"

"आज़ादी  सब  को  मिलने  वाली  हैं ,
 लेकिन  जीते  जी  मिला  के  मरने  के  बाद  मिला  
मौज  तब  हैं , जब  जीते  जी  आज़ाद  हुऐ "

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