Author: Jawaharlal Nehru
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Tryst with Destiny
I Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely…
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‘Objectives Resolution’ moved by Jawaharlal Nehru
On 13 December 19461. This Constituent Assembly declares its firm and solemn resolve to proclaim India as an Independent Sovereign Republic and to draw up for her future governance a Constitution; 2. WHEREIN the territories that now comprise British India, the territories that now form the Indian States, and such other parts of India as are…
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The Progress of Science
Nehru’s address to the National Academy of Sciences at their annual meeting held at Allahabad on March 05, 1938. Friends, You are men of learning and many of you have distinguished records in the realm of science. Yet you have honoured me, an outsider, with an inivitation to participate in this annual gathering of yours…
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Science and Planning
Jawaharlal sent this message on the occasion of the silver jubilee of the Indian Science Congress held at Calcutta on 3-9 January 1938. Most of us unhappily are too much engrossed in the business of politics to pay much attention to the finer and more important aspects of life. That is natural perhaps in a nation…
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We Want No Caesars
By Chanakya 5 October, 1937 Rashtrapati Jawaharlal ki Jai. The Rashtrapati looked up as he passed swiftly through the waiting crowds, his hands went up and were joined together in salute, and his pale hard face was lit up by a smile. It was a warm personal smile and the people who saw it responded to…
