Thanks for your response. The fact is that Nehru was against linguistic reogranisation! States Reorganization Act of 1956 was a major post-parition change impacting national identity. It was never claimed to be a pre-Tibet occupation event. Yes, Sardar Patel had much better and realistic grasp of Chinese intent, while Nehru would often get carried away in realm of abstraction.
Nehru had deep understanding and greate regard for western nations and their institutions. Suggest you read how viewed USA in this speech to Senate (URL below)
His efforts contributed greatly to obtain India access to Nuclear and other advanced technologies. On economic policy debates the turn towards free market economy has been quite difficult, and you are justified in putting some of the blame on Nehru. But the fact is he believed in mixed-economy model, and would have been apalled by how the economy took a sharp turn left by restrictive capacity licenses, bank nationalisation, 90 percent income tax etc..
