Category: Press
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How Nehru reacted on being declared as ‘Tenth Avatar’ of Lord Vishnu !!
On 3rd August 1959, Y. B. Chavan, the Chief Minister of Bombay, told the Bombay Legislative Assembly that there was a Shri Jawahar Shakti Mandal at Dabhoda village in Ider Taluka of Sabarkanta District (now in Gujarat). This body of village folks was worshiping Jawaharlal Nehru as the ‘tenth avatar’. This incident was reported by…
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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.…