Tag: Jawaharlal Nehru
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Gandhi did not select Nehru over Patel for PM
In fact, there was no role of Gandhi in the whole election that resulted in Nehru becoming Congress president. Without any historical basis or evidence, the blatant misinformation that Mahatma Gandhi had selected Jawaharlal Nehru against Vallabhbhai Patel for the post of Prime Minister of India has been pushed around, mainly by the Sanghis. The […]
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Lal Bahadur Shastri described Nehru and Gandhi as “Greatest Indians”
The 2nd Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri, had described Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi as the greatest Indians of all time. It was on 27 May 1965, the first death anniversary of Nehru, when Shastri said the following words:- Nehru was the greatest man produced by the nation after Mahatma Gandhi and the […]
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75th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest figure of the Indian independence movement and the world of revolution, died on 30th January 1948. He was assassinated by a Hindutva fanatic after he was returning from a Hindu temple. The day 30 January is remembered in India as “Martyrs Day”. Today, the world remembered Mahatma Gandhi on this occasion […]
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Nehru on reservation, Periyar, Ambedkar, Muslims, Christians and Gita
Today is the 133rd birthday of India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 – 1964). This day is celebrated in India as “Nehru Jayanti” and also as “Children’s Day” because of Nehru’s fondness and dedication to a better future for the children of India through his economic and educational policies. I have read about […]