Twitterati schools Saif Ali Khan on his 'No concept of India before British' comment

Saif Ali Khan who is been enjoying the success of his recently-released film Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, has been trending on social media. The 49-year-old actor was recently on the receiving end of Twitter anger for his recent "concept of India" comment. The actor, in an interview with Anupama Chopra for Film Companion, was asked if it bothers him that the "politics in Tanhaji is questionable." Saif replied, "I don't think this is history. I don't think there was a concept of India till the British gave it one." This dismissal of nationhood enraged the Internet.

A Twitter user schooled Saif on India's history by sharing an ancient map of the country and wrote: "Read history before quoting it Mr," read an excerpt from the tweet.

Bollywood ‘history buff’ #SaifAliKhan claims “there was no concept of ‘India’ until the British came.”

Yeah right. French East India Company was about China & Vasco D’Gama went to Fiji.

Last time he invoked he invoked ‘history’ he named his son ‘Timur’
pic.twitter.com/pyZXERUQy0

— Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah) January 19, 2020

Dear #SaifAliKhan check out some of these ancient maps which clearly mentioned India long before the British even existed. pic.twitter.com/fULTe9WvMI

— Bahadur 2.0 (@my2bit) January 20, 2020

Now you know why Native Americans are called Red Pakistanis because according to ‘history buff’ #SaifAliKhan there was ‘no concept of India until the British came’... #PoorOlColumbus

— Nandini 🇮🇳 (@NAN_DINI_) January 19, 2020

"Not without reason that history buff Saif named his son Taimur"#KareenaKapoor#SaifAliKhan#TaimurAliKhanhttps://t.co/8fhmmIBRKE

— Laxman☺☮ (@laxman_xy) January 19, 2020

History buff @SaifOnline knows this and has named his son after this Savage.@KareenaOnline@Aabhas24

Credit.@TIinExile (TrueIndology) pic.twitter.com/AfnnL3H7Yy

— Sufi 🇮🇳 (@sufirushk) January 19, 2020