Not many blunders are listed under Nehru’s ‘Pre-independence Blunders’
below, compared to his ‘Post-independence Blunders’ later, because in the
former period Nehru was not fully in-charge. There was Mahatma Gandhi
on top, and there were many other leaders of stature, to keep him in check.
Despite that, whenever Nehru held an official position bestowing him with
some discretion, and an opportunity presented itself,…
05Mar
ILL-TREATMENT OF BHAGAT SINGH & AZAD
Despite popular requests to make sparing the life of Shahid Bhagat Singh and others a condition in the on-going negotiations between Gandhi and the Viceroy Irwin, the Gandhi–Irwin Pact signed on 5 March 1931 remained silent on the matter, and Gandhi and the Congress under Nehru as President did effectively...