Actually, Jawaharlal Nehru was a very timid person unlike Indira Gandhi. Nehru showed all courage in mowing down his rivals in India and was very timid in his external dealings. Indira had no such limitations.
RE:Nehru was actually a very timid person
by Shitij Yadav on Jun 29, 2007 08:25 PM Permalink
Had Sardar Patel been the first PM of Independent India (as demanded by the princely states which joined to form the Indian union), we wouldn't have had such problems like Pakistan occupying Our Kashmir or the Chinese (Cheeni Kumeene) taking us for a ride by chanting "Hindi Cheeni Bhai Bhai".
RE:Nehru was actually a very timid person
by santosh satpathy on Jun 29, 2007 08:29 PM Permalink
Thats why Indira went on a dictatorial way by imposing emergency on this country.Hail those millions of indian faught and gave real sacrifies for which we are worlds largest democrasy.
RE:Nehru was actually a very timid person
by Ravi Iyer on Jun 29, 2007 07:48 PM Permalink
Gopalan,
I don't agree with you.
Nehru was a conniving lawyer who through the years of his involvement in the freedom struggle had a lot of time to study the British model of administrating a foreign country with distinct social, ethnic, regional and language differences. Case in point, Why did the Congress party continue using archaic British laws and systems to govern India after Independence? Simply because the model worked so well for the British!
Nehru had had a lot of success with his glib talk and charisma among the Indian masses (and not to mention, Lady Mountbatten in his autumn years). He thought he could do the same with the Chinese because he was already in bed with the Indian communists in the name of Socialism.
But the Chinese proved much smarter that they looked. They used the same glib talk with him to con him to the very end!!
Indira took over a legacy assignment. What limited or didn't limit her is irrelevant in the context of the Sino-Indian WAR of 1962.
