The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee paying homage at the Samadhi of the former Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 53rd death anniversary, at Shanti Van, in Delhi on May 27, 2017.
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee performing parikrama at the Samadhi of the former Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 53rd death anniversary, at Shanti Van, in Delhi on May 27, 2017.
The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari paying floral tributes at the Samadhi of the former Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 53rd death anniversary, at Shanti Van, in Delhi on May 27, 2017.
The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari paying homage at the Samadhi of the former Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 53rd death anniversary, at Shanti Van, in Delhi on May 27, 2017.
The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari performing parikrama at the Samadhi of the former Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 53rd death anniversary, at Shanti Van, in Delhi on May 27, 2017.
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday paid their tributes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 53rd death anniversary.
"Tributes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary," Modi tweeted.
"Remembering Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. May the vision and the values he dedicated his life to always guide our conscience and our actions," Gandhi said in a tweet while remembering the first Prime Minister of India who is also his great-grandfather.
President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari offered floral tributes at Nehru`s memorial Shantivan.
Nehru, who was sworn-in on August 15, 1947, as the first Prime Minister of India when the nation gained independence from the British empire, died on May 27, 1964.
In office until his death, Nehru remains India`s longest-serving Prime Minister.
He was born on November 14, 1889, in Uttar Pradesh`s Allahabad.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-rewriting-of-nehru/article18586356.ece?homepage=true
Appreciating India’s first Prime Minister on his death anniversary
After the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in Uttar Pradesh, some commentators once again compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Indira Gandhi as they had after the 2014 general election, perhaps misconstruing their common trait of an authoritarian streak for decisiveness. But from the point of view of ideology, Mr. Modi is more comparable to Jawaharlal Nehru than anybody else. On August 15, 1947, when Nehru came up with his “tryst with destiny”, he would have hardly known that 70 years later, the man in his place could be so different in ideology and undo everything he stood or fought for.
Nehru was also accused of being soft on Muslim fundamentalists and separatists, though he attacked the Muslim League and the Muslim All Parties Conference with great zeal.
Interestingly, in his attack on Prince Aga Khan, he said: “Mr. Aga Khan combines in himself, most remarkably, the feudal order and the politics and habits of the British ruling class, with which he has been intimately associated for many years.” Described by some as the last British man to have ruled India, it was amusing that Nehru attacked westernised Muslims for being ineligible to represent Indian Muslims.
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Congress president Sonia Gandhi pays tributes to first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 53rd death anniversary at Shanti Van in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI Photo
