Nehru From The Archives: Can This History Ever Be Re-Written?
Jawaharlal Nehru signing the Constitution of India
NEW DELHI: The 125th birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has placed him under attack from those who would like to reduce his role in the nation’s history to a bare minimum. Scholars have warned of these attempts, with the worry becoming real with the ongoing controversy over the Teen Murti Memorial and Library that is seen by the Culture Minister as too Nehru-centric.
The Citizen went to the national archives to bring together a selection of fairly rare photographs of meetings and events that certainly cannot be re-written, try as much as we may.
Celebrating science and reason: Nehru with the great scientist Albert Einstein
A handshake for revolutionaries: Neru receiving Che Guevara in Delhi
Foes and yet friends: Nehru with Chinese Premier Chou en Lai
Changing the world: Nasser, Tito, Nehru
Time off for letters and spirit: Nehru with Rabindranath Tagore
The three grest men of Independence: Nehru, Gandhi, Maulana Azad
Differences and yet deep respect and regard:Nehru and Sardar Patel
The struggle for Independence: Nehru and Gandhi-I
The struggle for Independence: Nehru and Gandhi-!!
Nehru with the Frontier Gandhi, Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan
Nehru Playing Holi with Govind Ballabh Pant
At the stroke of midnight August 14, 1947 with Destiny’