Nov 11, 2017 · So, Mother India had a political context in the aftermath of the Independence of India in 1947. The year 1957 marked the first decade after India’s Independence from British rule. Immediately following Independence, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced his idea of socialism and human resource empowerment.

Nov 9, 2017 · This cartoon by R K Laxman was made during the India-China War. It was meant to be a comment on Nehru’s decisions relating to the War. After it was published in the Times of India, Nehru surprised Laxman by calling him to say “Mr. Laxman, I so enjoyed your cartoon this morning. Can I have a signed enlarged copy to frame?”

Feb 27, 2018 · In the face of attacks of groups of tribal, supported by Pakistan army, Maharaja Harisingh sought the help of India to save the situation. It was Sheikh Abdullah who was most insistent on help from India. Patel and Nehru were on the same page on this matter. Patel was even willing for a trade off Kashmir valley.

Aug 5, 2019 · 1(a). Letter Dated 17 May 1949 by N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar to Vallabhbhai Patel Enclosing Jawaharlal Nehru’s Draft Letter to Sheikh Abdullah for his Approval: Durga Das (ed.), Sardar Patel’s Correspondence 1945–50, Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, 1971, pp. 275–309 (The chapter Article 306A was not enclosed…) New Delhi 17 May 1949

Aug 8, 2019 · It shows us the mind—the ideology, born of experience, observation and deep study—behind Nehru’s democratic and inclusive idea of India. It is a book of particular relevance at a time when “nationalism” and the slogan “Bharat Mata ki Jai” are being used to construct a militant and purely emotional idea of India that excludes ...

Aug 31, 2019 · It explains why the Indo-Naga conflict has lasted more than seven decades and why successive Prime Ministers of India from Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi have personally met the Naga leaders to resolve the conflict. The following is an excerpt from the book. Image courtesy Speaking Tiger . Grandfather constantly warned That forgetting the ...

Aug 8, 2023 · It is well known that Jawaharlal Nehru was not the choice of the Congress Party to become the Congress president in April 1946. Nehru was the choice of Mahatma Gandhi. As Congress president, he became the prime minister (vice president of the executive council) in the interim government in September 1946—and again in 1947.

Jan 25, 2021 · Anupama Roy, Jawaharlal Nehru University ... Progressive India Collective; Ayesha Kidwai, Jawaharlal Nehru ...

Mar 10, 2022 · Born in Muzaffarnagar, in British India, Aijaz read extensively from an early age and allowed his mind to drift out of the qasba of his childhood. His father shared some radical books with him, which helped him to understand the world outside the doab region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the world beyond the confines of the capitalist system.

Apr 30, 2019 · In effect, Nehru was saying that religion should be relegated to the private sphere, and should not interfere in an individual’s public life. For secularists like Nehru, faith in science replaces religious faith. Those individuals who lead a public life devoted to religious faith are outside modernity, as it were.