When Patel got the news that Junagadh has fallen, Munshi was by his side. He said to Munshi, Now Somnath Can be Built. That is called clarity of thought.
https://twitter.com/priya_27_/status/1345003573776535553
A Christian writes to Gandhi asking how India can spend money on building temples and Gandhi concurs 🤦🏻♀️ While Nehru completely opposed building of Somnath Temple, Gandhi wanted it to be funded by Hindu public and Patel wanted state to build it.
Forgot to tell. That Christian fellow said even the exchequer of Junagadh shouldn't fund the temple. But love for Gandhi was more than anything else. When Gandhi asked him to, Patel concurred and said Centre will not fund Somnath reconstruction.
Guess who trashed Gandhi and Patel? Gandhi's own nephew and the administrator of Junagadh - Samaldas Gandhi. While the Jam Saheb of Nawanagar gave one lakh from his pocket, Samaldas Gandhi gave 51000 from Junagadh treasury. Nehru was naturally livid.
Patel's funeral, Munshi-Nehru tussle are well known but what is not known is Samaldas quitting Congress in 1950.
Foundations of India were laid in the correct direction post independence. But, the influence of the crabs pulling us down was always very powerful. All we need to do is to identify the crabs and make them irrelevant.
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