Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of Independent India, and its longest-serving till date, being in office for more than 16 years. Nehru was a barrister by profession, and played a key role in India’s freedom movement. He is often called the architect of modern India, laying the foundations of a free, independent and modern India. Nehru is also celebrated for his charisma, and huge crowds used to turn up to hear him speak.
Born into a privileged, educated family, he was sent to England at age 15 to study. He returned with democratic and liberal values. Nehru was a socialist at heart, and his policies reflected that. Nehru promoted a pluralistic multi-party democracy in India. He implemented moderate socialist economic reforms and committed India to a policy of industrialisation. In foreign affairs, he played a leading role in establishing the Non-Aligned Movement. Under Nehru’s leadership, the Congress emerged as a catch-all party, dominating national and state-level politics and winning elections in 1951, 1957 and 1962.
Some of the highlights of his tenure as prime minister included the India-Pakistan war of 1947-48, the India-China war of 1962, the reorganisation of states along linguistic lines, the Five-Year plans setting up of IITs, IIMS, ISRO, DRDO, among others. Nehru died while in office, serving as the PM for the fourth time.
It talks leaps and bounds of Vajpayee ji’s unparalleled statesmanship. He is culturally 100% Indian and lived up to it by respecting the departed. And didn’t the UPA accuse the very same person of indulging in the nonexistent coffin scam?
Ii is Indian culture not to speak bad about the departed, but, congress and dynastic parrots has tried to encash the name so their is barb against Nehru by BJP and the public. Congress should introspect itself and try to evolve as a good party as India needs a constructive opposition also. Print /NDTV and likes should not sensationalise the headlines and report in balanced and ethical manner.
Such leaders in any party is a rarity, while noisy junk abound!
Ursula Nathan
A great tribute to the great leader who loved by the nation by our former PM Vajpayee but his party abuse him.Thats why right person in a wrong party.
While Vajpayee talked about integrity and other virtues of Nehruji his party’s spokesperson called him dacoit and no one in the party admonished him, even Advaniji was a mute spectator.
Vajpayee understood the depth and greatness of Nehru unlike his party which is ruling India.That is why it is said and rightly so that he was a right person in wrong party
Great words and a great tribute to the leader by a our Former PM late AB Vajpayee.
What a tribute! Only greats can give such tribute to the fellow great
Truly.its beyond words Atalji’s traits. R I P.. Mahant Sir ..