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Nehru, a ‘Queer Mixture of East and West’, Led the Struggle for a Modern India
The New York Times, May 28, 1964 The story of Jawaharlal Nehru is the story of contemporary India, which he in large part has shaped. Mr. Nehru will be remembered also as the foremost exponent of the political doctrine of “nonalignment,” which influenced the foreign policy of India and many other nations emerging from colonialism. Mr.…
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Nehru’s Speech: Science and Humility
Speech of Jawaharlal Nehru at the Science Congress, Calcutta, January 14, 1957 I am coming here today from Hirakud where I performed or helped in the opening ceremony of a very magnificent piece of work of Indian engineers, the great Hirakud Dam. This, I am told, is the longest in the world. A day before…