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But why look up to the person(GANDHI) who divided India as the idol/icon of united india??
Nehru was the prime minister of all of india too - so should we look up to him?
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All of them are product of their times. They took the country from what they had experienced to remove the British from the country.
Indian independence was acheived with British playing Machiavelli politics putting Jinnah vs Nehru. They secretly supported Jinnah and ML on the side lines when independence negotiation was going on.
Both Gandhi and Nehru were pawns in the bigger game. I think after 60 years every Indian has to understand this.
But why look up to the person(GANDHI) who divided India as the idol/icon of united india??
Nehru was the prime minister of all of india too - so should we look up to him?
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All of them are product of their times. They took the country from what they had experienced to remove the British from the country.
Indian independence was acheived with British playing Machiavelli politics putting Jinnah vs Nehru. They secretly supported Jinnah and ML on the side lines when independence negotiation was going on.
Both Gandhi and Nehru were pawns in the bigger game. I think after 60 years every Indian has to understand this.