Brief History of Nehru’s Blunders on Kashmir: 27th October, 1947 marks the 75th anniversary of the Nehru’s grievous mistakes in integrating Kashmir in India, an error for which India and Indians paid in blood for 75 years. July 1947: o Maharaja Hari Singh approaches Congress to accede to India like other princely states. Nehru refuses, saying “he wants more”, a requirement which did not exist in any instrument.   20th October 1947: o Pakistani raiders invaded Kashmir...Read More

નવી દિલ્હીઃ સ્વતંત્રતા પછી સત્તા પર આવેલી પંડિત નહેરુની સરકારે પૂરા 16 વર્ષ સુધી દેશના સશસ્ત્ર દળોની સંખ્યા વિશે, તેને મજબૂત બનાવવા વિશે જરાય ધ્યાન આપ્યું નહોતું. 1962માં ચીને હુમલો કર્યો ત્યા�...Read More

By Japan K Pathak Presented here are the historical details that throw light on how India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had opposed President Rajendra Prasad's decision to attend the installation ceremony of Somnath shiv linga, scheduled to take place on May 11, 1951. Rajendra Prasad was not Nehru's first choice for the post of President: Mathai in his book Mathai in his book Reminiscences of the Nehru Age writes: Nehru did not like the idea of Rajendra Prasad as President becau...Read More

By Japan K Pathak Jawaharlal Nehru had as a Prime Minister asked the ministry of Information & Broadcasting to tone down the Somnath Shivalinga installation ceremony. On April 28, 1951, about a fortnight before installation ceremony (11 May) of new Shivalinga at reconstructed Somnath temple, Nehru had written a letter to RR Diwakar, then Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and asked him to 'tone down the description of what happens at Somnath in radio broadcast'. Nehru h...Read More

Somnath Series by Japan K Pathak In this series, I intend to cater various articles on Somnath temple, covering the period between its last destruction and final reconstruction. To clear any doubts or to obtain more details, you can reach me at my email address japanpathak [at] deshgujarat [dot] com. In the previous article which was the third article in this series you read how in 1947 when the rule of Britishers and Nawab came to an end ,  Sardar Patel, Gadgil, Jam Saheb and others paid v...Read More