Why jawaharlal nehru died

His daughter, Mrs Indira Gandhi , had sent immediately for the three doctors who had been attending Mr Nehru since his last stroke some six months ago. They tried everything but failed.

Parliament, which had reassembled this morning for a special seven day session, had been told that the Prime Minister was sinking. MPs heard the news of his death at 2. During question hour Mr Nehru was to have replied to a series of questions about Kashmir and Sheikh Abdullah. There is to be a Cabinet meeting tomorrow morning. Mr Nanda is the most senior of the Ministers. At about 4. My shoes joined the others outside, silent witnesses to a sacred moment.

I walked into a house laden with the smell of burning sandalwood sticks, softly past nameless white men in khadi into the bedroom in which he lay. It was a white wake that was being kept in the bedroom on the first floor. This story is from May 15, He died of syphilis. Welcome to the virtual world of Nehru vilification.

Unlike the academic challenge of changing details in textbooks, the Web is a terrain for the taking. But "these are voices that never made it to the mainstream. Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognised, ultimately bears fruit. It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening of custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, or a rich country inhabited by starving poor Who indeed could afford to ignore science today?

At every turn we have to seek its aid The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science. Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. His health began deteriorating in the early s and he passed away on May 27, Follow more stories on Facebook and Twitter.

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The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.