Thread by @rajtarangini2

Remembering #Nehru
I remember Nehru for the blunders given in this #Thread
Nehru never Made #India , He broke #India

#Creating the Kashmir issue :

Nehru single-handedly created the Kashmir issue that weighs India down to this day, firstly by refusing Jammu and Kashmir's

accession to India when it was first offered in September 1947; secondly by accepting it only if the unconditional accession was made "temporary" and "conditional"; thirdly, by preventing the Indian Army from liberating the whole of Jammu & Kashmir from

Pakistani invaders at the end of 1948; fourthly by needlessly internationalising the issue and lastly by engineering, despite opposition from Patel and Ambedkar, Article 370 and Article 35A of the Indian constitution that give special status to the state.

#Refusing the Khan of Kalat's offer to accede to India :
In 1947, the Khan of Kalat, a princely state in Balochistan, opted to join India rather than Pakistan. He sent Nehru signed accession papers that officially made Kalat a part of the Union of India.

Nehru, for reasons best known to him, rejected Kalat's accession and returned the accession papers to the Khan, paving the way for Pakistan's invasion and annexation of Balochistan.

#Gifting Manipur's Kabo valley to Burma

The lush, fertile and resource-rich Kabo valley, which measures over 11,000 sq km, has been part of the kingdom of Manipur at least as far back as 1450, according to historical records. After the British annexed Manipur,

they leased the valley to Burma in 1834, in consultation with Maharaja Gambhir Singh of Manipur. In return, Burma paid the kingdom of Manipur sicca rupees 500 monthly as compensation, with the clear stipulation that Manipur retained the right to reclaim the land at any time.

The compensation was paid until Manipur became a part of the Union of India, at which point it became incumbent upon the Government of India to reclaim the land. However, instead of reclaiming the territory, Nehru gifted it to Burma in 1954.

#Gifting the strategically located Coco Islands to Burma

The Great Coco Island and the Little Coco island form the northernmost part of the Andaman archipelago. India's former defence minister George Fernandes revealed that PM Nehru gifted these islands to Burma after

India's independence.Subsequently, Burma handed them over to China, which has established an extensive electronic surveillance station on the larger of the islands,to keep an eye on India's military and naval activities in the Bay of Bengal,giving it a crucial strategic advantage

#Rejecting American & Soviet offers of a permanent seat for India at the UNSC

In 1950, soon after India's independence, the United States offered India a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council. PM Nehru rejected the

offer, saying that he would not accept any offer that came at the cost of China. In 1955, the US repeated the offer in tandem with the USSR, in a rare instance of agreement between the cold war enemies. Nehru again rejected the offer, insisting that priority be given to

China instead of India. Nehru ensured that China got a Permanent seat at the UN Security Council, at the expense of India. Today, thanks to Nehru, China has unlimited opportunities to repeatedly harm India's interests at the UN.

Refusing the Sultan of Oman's gift of Gwadar port

The Sultan of Oman offered the port of Gwadar to India in 1958. Nehru rejected the offer. Pakistan subsequently bought the strategically-located port, which today is the lynchpin of China's CPEC segment of its massive Belt and Rd

#Preventing Nepal from re-joining India

In the early 1950s, Nepal's King Tribhuvan offered to merge Nepal with India. However, for reasons best known to him, Nehru rejected the offer, spurning the opportunity to regain India’s historic territory.

#1962Himalayan Blunder: the India-China war disaster

Nehru's inept and myopic foreign policy, lack of foresight, hare-brained "forward policy", and grounding of the Indian Air Force led to India's humiliating defeat in the 1962 war with China,

and the loss of the Aksai Chin peninsula among several other territories.