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.
The truth lies buried in papers strewn all over the place. Unless the country implements the rules on declassification and even more than that, preservation of documents, narratives will continue to be built.
It is high time that Mr Modi makes a clean break from the past practices and implements the rules on declassification of official records.
The author…. U seem to be such a pessimistic guy…. I wish u had served in the army for 5 years or had sent ur son or daughter…. And I bet … You would have come out with different versions of the stories that u narrrated above…. “My Army Strongest”…. Is a fact you moron…. For people like you…. The free gifted Azaadi is a boon…. U say that the heroics of the Indian Army are over-hyped.
So what should we do…. Send idiots like you to the frontiers….well that would in any case be a good idea… Your supreme sacrifice would be pivotal in the harmony and oeace of this country…. Coz thankless morons like u are a curse to this great country….!!!
I wish
Author seemingly trying to blunt the overall gound reality and perception about government, keeping 2019 in view. To suggest that people view the government,party and it’s leader separately,is naive to think.fact is in fact just opposite. People link and associate all non performance, lack of transperancy, acts of parent org, fringe element directly to the top. The dressed articles and media management will not change the opinion.. . It will convert to ballot.