As PM Modi’s uninterrupted tenure draws comparisons with Nehru and Indira Gandhi, false claims resurface about Nehru swearing allegiance to the British Crown. These ignore the fact that Patel, Ambedkar, and others took the same oath. The selective targeting of Nehru’s legacy reflects a deeper agenda of historical distortion.
More romantic than Mao Zedong but much less strong-willed, Jawaharlal Nehru was a democratic socialist. He was inspired by egalitarian ideas of Marx- Lenin...