" The Maulana, our Amir-e-Karavan (leader of the caravan), has passed away. All of us will have to face the same fate one day or the other. But the caravan of the nation will go on. Of course, the Maulana's death has caused a gap in the caravan which will not be filled up. (1/n).
No one will be able to fill it up. I do not say that there is no great man in the country now but there is no one like him. The intensity of grief will gradually diminish, but what about the loss and the shock. the country has sustained?

(2/n).
To whom shall we now go for consultation and mature advice?"__Jawaharlal Nehru.

Taken from a speech at a public meeting, Delhi, 23 February 1958. From The Hindu, The Hindustan Times and National Herald, 24 February 1958.

(3/n).
The meeting was presided over by President Rajendra Prasad.

Reference ~Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru (January 1958 - March 1958),
Series 2 | Vol. 41, page number 830.

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