PM Modi pays tribute to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 135th birth anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute on Thursday to former PM Jawaharlal Nehru on his 135th birth anniversary.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute on Thursday to former PM Jawaharlal Nehru on his 135th birth anniversary.
'Freedom at Midnight' is a political thriller series that explores India's struggle for independence, featuring key figures like Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi.
As India marks 50 years since the passing of Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, it is an opportune moment to reflect on his profound influence on Indian diplomacy and the broader global stage.
Sixty-five years ago, when the first democratically elected Communist government of the world was unilaterally dismissed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru there were cries of ‘murder of democracy’ and ‘violation of democracy’ in political and media circles across India.
Why did Commonwealth Secretary Philip Noel Baker take such an anti-India stand? Was he acting with the support of Attlee? After all, of all the UNSC members, Britain had the longest experience of dealing with the affairs of the Indian sub-continent.
The practice of killing excellence by rating everyone as ‘outstanding,‘ starting with schools, is continued right up to the higher levels of bureaucracy, where most employees, even the undeserving ones, get the ‘outstanding‘ tag, resulting in bad eggs making it to the top echelons and damaging the venerable institutions which they serve.
What the 23 letter writing members-now dubbed the 'G-23' have written is like employees appealing to their employer. If that is their equation with the Gandhi family, it has to be said that they consider the latter to be indispensable. In this case, the party members should quietly accept what the Gandhis do or lump it
Anyone who could not run his factory, which employed thousands of workers, just declared a lockout and the government was a ready taker. Sick textile mills were one example but also included many prestigious engineering names like Braithwaite which designed and built the first Howrah Bridge, a wonder in the 1930s.
As the President of the Haripura Congress (1938), Subhas' speech was a long one. He was sure that India's independence was imminent and therefore delved into issues of economic reconstruction. He proposed a planning commission and made it clear that post-Independence reconstruction would be primarily by industrialisation
"This moment I can never forget. 1963...I remember going to Delhi to receive the national award for my first Marathi film 'Haa Maaza Marg Ekala' presented by Dr Radhakrishnan, the second President of India in the presence of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
