NEHRU : “THE LAST ENGLISHMAN TO RULE INDIA” We managed to break the shackles of economic and political slavery. But mental and cultural slavery—that we have willingly adopted! That Gandhiji had done much to counter that slavishness is well-known. But, what is strange is that little was done in the post-independence...
After considerable deliberations the Constituent Assembly agreed that the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in the Devanagari script; but for 15 years from the commencement of the Constitution, that is, from 26 January 1950, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes...
Nehru’s First Himalayan Blunder: Tibet’s Erasure as a Nation:Blunder#33- 4 Nehru’s Second Himalayan Blunder: Indus Water Treaty (IWT): Blunder#50 Nehru’s Third Himalayan Blunder: India-China War : Blunder#35-6 “No armies with bombs and shellfire could devastate a land so thoroughly as Pakistan could be devastated by the simple expedient of India's permanently shutting off...
Nehru failed to reach an accommodation with Pakistan during his life time, making our western and north western borders sensitive, costing us heavy to secure them. The crux of the Indo-Pak dispute was Kashmir; and Pakistan was unwilling for settlement and for no-war pact till the Kashmir issue was resolved....
Edwina was buried at sea in 1960, as per her will—a tribute to Mountbatten’s naval career. British frigate Wakeful which carried her body to the sea off Spithead, a channel off southern England, was escorted by an Indian frigate Trishul—such importance India under Nehru gave her. Contrast this with the...
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. —Karl Kraus, 19th century satirist Nehru did not mind others dirtying their hands to raise funds for the Congress Party and for other purposes—what mattered was power for...
On how Nehru usurped the positions that should rightfully have gone to Sardar Patel, please check Blunder#1 and Blunder#6 above. Despite those crafty usurpations that cost India dear, Nehru’s machinations against Sardar Patel continued after independence. Jayaprakash Narayan(JP), a socialist, used to be in Nehru’s camp. After independence the socialists had...
Nehru failed to negotiate with China on a peaceful settlement of borders, so vital to India's security. Doing so was not difficult considering that China at that time was not strong, had numerous external and internal problems to contend with, and was therefore willing for a “give and take”, particularly...
MOTILAL PROMOTES JAWAHARLAL Jawaharlal Nehru was unfairly promoted by his father, Motilal Nehru; and in the true dynastic tradition, Nehru promoted Indira, who in turn, even more shamelessly promoted her progeny. When Motilal Nehru retired as the Congress president in 1929, he made sure by lobbying with Gandhi that his son,...
Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad Babur(1483–1530), the Uzbekistan born direct descendant of the mass-murderer Tamerlane (Timur), was the founder of the Mughal dynasty in India, and was India’s first Mughal Emperor from 1526 to 1530. Tuzak-i Babari, Babur's autobiography, records Babur's campaign in northwest India of killing immense numbers of Hindu and Sikh...
