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Why was Rajaji not included in Nehru's cabinet?

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Rajaji had succeeded Mounbatten as the first and only Indian Governor General but he was later side-lined. He didn’t became first President of India because the powerful Hindi belt lobby selected Dr. Rajendra Prasad as first President. Though Nehru and Rajaji worked together as freedom fighter, they had drifted apart after independence on state ownership role under Nehruvian ‘mixed economy model’. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee who formed Jana Sangh (which later became BJP) also strongly opposed Nehru’s pro-communist model of state control of industry. Savarkar was also in favour of market economy. Nehru was pro-communist since his education days in England when he came in contact with British communists like Bernard Shaw. Thus Nehru went close to communist USSR (now Russia) and China. Although USSR/Russia remained true and old friend, Nehru’s outreach towards communist China with ‘Hindhi-Chini bhai bhai’ backfired in 1962. After the 1962 war, Nehru’s image as messenger of global peace, G...
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Why was Nehru the chosen political heir of Mahatma Gandhi?

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Gandhi ji chose Jawaharlal Nehru as the congress President in 1946, which positioned Nehru to become India's first Prime Minister, despite Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel having the overwhelming support of the provincial Congress committee votes. Nehru got no votes from provincial Congress committees but Gandhi ji vetoed this election result and selected Nehru as heir of congress party and to lead the independent nation when it gains independence. Some people call it Gandhi ji’s selection while some people call it first ‘vote ch0ri’ of Indian democracy. The important point is why Gandhi ji made this decision. Sardar Patel was a strong administrator but priority was given for Nehru who is considered as ‘internationalist’. Hence priority was given towards international relations more than domestic issues. Gandhi jip revered a ‘British slave’ in the form of Nehru. Gandhi ji was right as Nehru’s reputation remained as ‘last British to rule India’ or ‘black (kale) Englishman’ even decades afte...
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Does the BJP distort history?

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BJP is rectifying incorrect history written by leftists, communists under education ministers Maulana Azad, Humayun Kabir, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and S Nurul Hassan (communist). All of them had allowed distory history books for school. Recently Modi/BJP rectified middle class school NCERT history books which indirectly tried to depict India’s top freedom figher Subhash Chandra Bose in bad light. The earlier textbook stated that Netaji Subhash Bose sought Adolf Hitler's support to raise an army and described Hitler as a dictator whose racist Nazi ideology and expansionist ambitions triggered the Second World War. In the revised edition, this has been replaced with a broader statement saying Netaji Subhash Bose sought support from ‘anti-British forces’, without mentioning Hitler or Nazi ideology. One has to understand the ulterior motive of leftist and Marxist historians (read distortians like Romila Thapar, Ramchandra Guha of JNU) who enjoyed plum post and social recognition under the...
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Who should be given credit for establishing AIIMS, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur or Nehru?

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The AIIMS hospital in New Delhi came up in 1956 when PM was Nehru. The real effort in setting up this top class hospital goes to India’s first Health Minister Princess Amrit Kaur and foreign donations from western countries. USA supplied many medical equipment free. Foreign grant of £10,00,000 (10 million pounds) received from the New Zealand government under the ‘Colombo plan’ for the construction of New Delhi AIIMS came to the Government of India. She established AIIMS as an international entity through collaborations with the Rockefeller Foundation and the Government of New Zealand, and she encouraged further collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh. The entire credit for setting up of AIIMS hospital New Delhi in 1956 should go to Princess Amrit Kaur. Foreign donations for this hospital came due to her international campaigns as she became the first woman and the first Asian to preside over the World Health Organization (WHO) governing body in 1950. She also became President ...
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's biggest strength was his fearless attitude in front of a much more powerful enemy. So were his brave military commanders. This story explains the courage of Maratha warriors in 20th century battles. The year was 1965 India-Pakistan war. The place was Pakistan's Sialkot sector. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and the rumble of tank wheels. This was the world's largest and most ferocious tank battle since World War II. India and Pakistan were facing each other on the Phillora and Chawinda battlefields in Pakistan. The enemy was advancing with its modern USA made cutting edge technology superior Patton tanks to crush the Indian army. But they did not know that an outstanding warrior was standing in front of them like a wall. Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burjoji Tarapore. The blood of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's commander flowed in the veins of this commander of the Poona Horse Regiment. That heroic legacy erupted like a volcano on the battlefield of 1965. The day was 11 September 1965. Lieutenant Colonel Tarapore advanced with his squadron of 'Centurion' tanks to capture Phillaura. Suddenly, the Pakistan army launched a surprise attack from Wazirwali. Mortar shells were coming from all sides. The death warrant was whistling past the ears. A bloody battle began. Tarapore was seriously injured at the beginning of the battle. His body was deeply wounded, his uniform was soaked in blood. His superiors ordered him to leave the battlefield and return for treatment. But is he an ordinary man of flesh and blood? He is a warrior as tough as steel! He made it clear, "I will not go anywhere without putting my sons to death." The deadly battle continued for six days. On September 14, the Indian army, under his leadership, captured Wazirwali. Jasoran and Butur-Dograndi were captured on September 16. He was a true messenger to the Pakistani army. With his outstanding tactics and bravery, the Indian army reduced about 60 Pakistani tanks to dust. The Patton tank force, the pride of Pakistan, turned into ruins. In return, India lost only 9 tanks. That cursed afternoon of September 16. The battlefield was somewhat quiet. Lieutenant Colonel Tarapore was standing on his favorite tank 'Khushab'. A cup of tea in his hand, his injured arm hanging from a sling. A strange calmness in his eyes, as if the satisfaction of completing some epic task. He was talking to an intelligence officer, perhaps about the next strategy. At that very moment, an enemy shell came flying through the sky. A direct hit hit his tank. In the blink of an eye, the light of a bright star in India went out. This hero sacrificed his life for the country with a cup of tea in his hand. While serving in the Nizam Shahi Force in Hyderabad, he retorted to a British officer, ‘You are insulting my country and my king’. At the age of 19, during training, he picked up a live grenade and threw it away to save his fellow soldiers. A piece of the grenade pierced his chest, but his courage did not diminish. When Hyderabad became a part of India after Operation Polo, he joined the Indian Army with a smile. He left the ultimate sign of that patriotism on Pakistani soil. After his death, he was awarded India's highest military honor, the 'Param Vir Chakra'. It is said that during his funeral, the Pakistan Army itself, forgetting the rules of war, stopped firing. Even the enemy was forced to acknowledge the bravery of this Indian hero that day. Ardesir Tarapoor is not just a name, he is a burning history of the Indian Army, one of the best in the world. They can win battles and the wars even without the best of technologies. Following the end of hostilities on 23 September 1965, India claimed to have held about 200 sq mi (Pakistan said 180 sq mi) of Pakistani territory in the Sialkot sector. The area returned to Pakistan after the signing of the Tashkent Declaration in January 1966. Picture source: Google / Respective rightful owner Battle of Chawinda - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chawinda

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Yes, functional democracy needs dissent. There are multiple platforms to raise dissent including media. Social media and the Parliament. But a weak and misguided opposition which thinks violence as the first resort of visible dissent is symptoms of communist dictatorship and naxalite violence way of mobocracy. In today’s scenario, a die-hard BJP supporter will try to raise issues like repeated federal exam paper leaks, Shri Ram Temple donation theft, pollution and corruption etc. but they will never abandon BJP. They know the political alternates are even worse or even horrible. The communists and naxalites who ruled Bengal for 50 years is surviving for existence in Bengal. The communists in Kerala is currently out of power but not out of race. This is a do or die situation for the communists now and their desperation is visible. These communists and urban naxalites will keep hitting the road with one pretext on another. Farmers’ agitation, anti-Agniveer agitation against the new milit...
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