"Some people ask me why I am now praising Subhas Bose when I had opposed him while he was in India. I want to give a frank reply to this question. Subhas Bose and I were co-workers in the struggle for freedom for 25 years. He was younger to me by two or four years.
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Our relations with each other were marked by great affection. I used to treat him as my younger brother. It is an open secret that at times there were differences between us on political questions.
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But I never for a moment doubted that he was a brave soldier in the struggle for freedom.I do not expect that there would be unanimity on every issue when we have achieved freedom. There will be always differences in the outlook of the people who belong to a healthy race.
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Such differences are welcome. People who behave like sheep cannot make any progress.…The manner in which Netaji faced the crisis inspires admiration. Perhaps I might have done the same thing if I were in his position. "___ Jawaharlal Nehru.
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( On 23 January, 1946 {49th Birth Anniversary of Subhsh Bose}).
Taken from Nehru and Bose: Parallel Lives , Rudrangshu Mukherjee .
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" Three days ago, when I should have normally written to you this letter, a heavy blow fell upon all of us and upon India .
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We shall take a long time to recover from it and, even so, there will always be a sense of emptiness for those who had the privilege of knowing and working with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
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The great ones pass, the warriors who led us in our struggle depart, and we all feel somewhat lonely and desolate. On those who remain, the burden and the responsibility grow heavier.
Debunking Myths and Lies about Jawaharlal Nehru regarding Jammu and Kashmir:
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1. On Ceasefire:
Why India had a Ceasefire?
Nehru Government was advised by the Army for a ceasefire with Pakistan in 1948. It can be proved from the correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and then Commander- in - Chief , General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher.
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In his message to Nehru dated 28 November 1948, Bucher warned of fatigue among Indian troops in Kashmir, adding that an “overall military decision was no longer possible”.
This meant that despite political independence, she was completely dependent on the advanced countries for achieving any economic growth though investment.
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This was a neo-colonial type situation, which needed immediate remedy. And this is what the famous Nehru- Mahalonobis strategy tried to reverse by adopting a path of industrialization based on heavy industry or capital goods industry.
" The conflict is not essentially between the Arabs and the Jews. We must remember that the present problem of Palestine is of recent creation.
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It has come into existence since the Great War and the responsibility for it must rest with the British Government, which made lavish promises to both the Arabs and the Jews during the war and sought to exploit both to their own advantage.
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These promises were often mutually contradictory. Since the war it has not been love of the Jews that has moved the British Government but the desire to control an important route to India and the East.
See how cleverly Mr Distortion has hidden the word ‘Informally’.
For those who want to know the truth, the following quote is from Jawaharlal Nehru's note about his visit to the USSR on August 1, 1955.
On September 27, 1955, Nehru was asked a short notice question in this regard in Parliament by JN Parekh.
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Parekh asked
"Will the Prime Minister be pleased to state;
(a) whether it is a fact that India has refused a seat informally offered to her in the Security Council of the United Nations; (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
"Whatever view one might take of the Agreement, one thing seems perfectly clear to me. Sardar Patel, in a very moving speech addressed to the Congress Party last evening, laid great stress on this aspect.
This is the fact that having arrived at this Agreement, both our honour and self-interest demand that we should implement it to the full. Not to do so would not only discredit us but harm us greatly.
To try to do so half-heartedly would be even worse, because we would get the discredit and no benefit at all. Therefore, even for those people who are not enthusiastic about the Agreement, the only right course is to work for its implementation.