Ebook: Nehru's 97 Major Blunders (Revised & Unabridged to 127 Major Blunders)
Author: Rajnikant Puranik
- Genre: History
- Tags: Nehru
- Year: 2019
- Publisher: Pustak Mahal
- Edition: 3
- Language: English
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But for a series of major blunders by Nehru across the spectrum—it would not be an exaggeration to say that he blundered comprehensively—India would have been on a rapidly ascending path to becoming a shining, prosperous, first-world country by the end of his term, and would surely have become so by early 1980s—provided, of course, Nehru’s dynasty had not followed him to power. Sadly, the Nehru era laid the foundations of India’s poverty and misery, condemning it to be forever a developing, third-rate, third-world country. By chronicling those blunders, this book highlights THE FACTS BEHIND THE FACADE.
This ‘Revised, Enlarged & Unabridged, April-2019 Edition’ of the book comprises (a)127 Major Blunders compared to 97 of the first Digital Edition of July 2016; (b)over twice the matter, and number of words; and (c)exhaustive citations and complete bibliography.
Table of contents:-
Preface
A Note on Citations & Bibliography
1. Pre-Independence Blunders
Blunder–1 : Usurping Congress Presidentship in 1929
Blunder–2 : Setting Jinnah on Path to Pakistan
Blunder–3 : Scoring Self-Goal—Ministry Resignations, 1939
Blunder–4 : Leg-up to Jinnah & the Muslim League (AIML)
Blunder–5 : Assam’s Security Compromised
Blunder–6 : Nehru’s Undemocratic Elevation as the First PM
Blunder–7 : Aborted ‘Cabinet Mission Plan’ for United India
Blunder–8 : NWFP Blunder 1946
Blunder–9 : Making Jews out of Hindu Sindhis
Blunder–10 : Giving Away 55 Crores to Pakistan
Blunder–11 : Pre-Independence Dynasty Promotion
Blunder–12 : What Really Led to India’s Independence?
Blunder–13 : British Jails: Nehru/Top-Gandhians as VIPs vs. Others
Blunder–14 : Clueless on the Roots of Partition & Pakistan
Blunder–15 : Unplanned & Grossly Mismanaged Partition
Blunder–16 : No Worthwhile Policy Formulations!
2. Integration of the Princely States
Blunder–17 : Independent India dependent upon the British!
Blunder–18 : Nehru Refused J&K Accession when Offered!
Blunder–19 : Allowing Kashmir to be almost Lost
Blunder–20 : Unconditional J&K Accession Made Conditional
Blunder–21 : Internationalisation of the Kashmir Issue
Blunder–22 : Inept Handling of the J&K Issue in the UN
Blunder–23 : PoK thanks to Nehru
Blunder–24 : Nehru’s Shocking Callousness in J&K
Blunder–25 : Article-370 thanks to Nehru
Blunder–26 : Article 35A for J&K, Again thanks to Nehru
Blunder–27 : Nehru’s Blood Brother Who Deceived
Blunder–28 : Wanting Maharaja to Lick his Boots
Blunder–29 : Kashmiri Pandits vs. Kashmiri Pandits
Blunder–30 : Sidelining the One Who Could have Tackled J&K
Blunder–31 : Junagadh: Sardar Patel vs. Nehru–Mountbatten
Blunder–32 : Would-have-been Pakistan-II (Hyderabad)
3. External Security
Blunder–33 : Erasure of Tibet as a Nation
Blunder–34 : Panchsheel—Selling Tibet; Harming Self
Blunder–35 : Not Settling Boundary Dispute with China
Blunder–36 : The Himalayan Blunder: India-China War
Blunder–37 : Criminal Neglect of Defence & External Security
Blunder–38 : Politicisation of the Army
Blunder–39 : Anti Armed-Forces
Blunder–40 : Lethargic Intelligence Machinery & No Planning
Blunder–41 : Suppressing Truth
Blunder–42 : Himalayan Blunders, but No Accountability
Blunder–43 : Delayed Liberation of Goa
Blunder–44 : Nehru’s NO to Nuclear Arms
Blunder–45 : No Settlement with Pakistan
Blunder–46 : Responsible for 1965-War too, in a way
Blunder–47 : International Record in Insecure Borders
4. Foreign Policy
Blunder–48 : Nehru–Liaquat Pact 1950
Blunder–49 : Letting Go of Gwadar
Blunder–50 : Indus Water Treaty—Himalayan Blunder
Blunder–51 : No Initiative on Sri Lankan Tamil Problem
Blunder–52 : Erroneous Nehru-Era Map
Blunder–53 : Advocating China’s UNSC Membership at Our Cost
Blunder–54 : Rebuffing Israel, the Friend-in-Need
Blunder–55 : Neglecting Southeast Asia
Blunder–56 : India vs. the US & the West
Blunder–57 : ‘Non-Aligned’ with National Interests
Blunder–58 : Foreign to Foreign Policy
5. Internal Security
Blunder–59 : Compounding Difficulties in Assam
Blunder–60 : Neglect of the Northeast
Blunder–61 : Ignoring Illegal Proselytization
Blunder–62 : Ungoverned Areas
Blunder–63 : Insecurity of the Vulnerable Sections
6. Economy
Blunder–64 : Grinding Poverty & Terrible Living Conditions
Blunder–65 : Throttled Industrialisation
Blunder–66 : Neglect of Agriculture
Blunder–67 : Builder of ‘Modern’ India
Blunder–68 : Pathetic India vs. Other Countries
Blunder–69 : Nehruvian (and NOT ‘Hindu’) Rate of Growth
Blunder–70 : Nehru’s Socialism: The ‘God’ that Failed
7. Misgovernance
Blunder–71 : Debilitating Babudom & Criminal-Justice System
Blunder–72 : That Strange Indian Animal: VIP & VVIP
Blunder–73 : Corruption in the “Good” Old Days
Blunder–74 : Nepotism in the “Good” Old Days
Blunder–75 : Nehru & Casteism
Blunder–76 : Messy Reorganisation of States
Blunder–77 : Poor Leadership & Administration
Blunder–78 : Squandering Once-in-a-lifetime Opportunity
8. Educational & Cultural Mismanagement
Blunder–79 : Neglect of Universal Education
Blunder–80 : Messing Up the Language Issue
Blunder–81 : Promoting Urdu & Persian-Arabic Script
Blunder–82 : Neglect of Sanskrit
Blunder–83 : Rise of the Parasitic Leftist-‘Liberal’ Class
Blunder–84 : Mental & Cultural Slavery
Blunder–85 : Distorted, Self-Serving Secularism & Minorityism
Blunder–86 : Nehru & Uniform Civil Code (UCC)
Blunder–87 : ‘Sickularism’ vs. Somnath Temple
Blunder–88 : Would-have-been Communal Reservation
Blunder–89 : Not Seeking Reparations from the British
Nehru and the Distortion of Indian History & Heritage
Blunder–90 : No De-Falsification of History
Blunder–91 : Being Creative With History
Blunder–92 : Nehru & Negationism
Blunder–93 : Distortions of History by Nehru Himself
Blunder–94 : Being Anti-Hindu
9. Dynacracy & Dictatorial Tendencies
Blunder–95 : Nehru’s Dictatorial Ways
Blunder–96 : Nehru—Power Trumps Principles
Blunder–97 : Nehru Curbed Freedom of Expression
Further Blunders Beyond 97
Blunder–98 : “Democracy, thanks to Nehru?”—NOT True
Blunder–99 : Nehru Promoted Dynacracy, NOT Democracy
Blunder–100 : Not Limiting the Term of the PM
Blunder–101 : Not Appointing a Successor, Deliberately
Blunder–102 : Election Funding & Publicity
Blunder–103 : Ensuring Self-Publicity & Dynastic Recall
Blunder–104 : Communal, Vote-Bank Politics
Blunder–105 : Promoting Incompetents & Sycophants
10. Nehru’s World View—That Harmed India
Blunder–106 : Nehru’s Defective World View
Blunder–107 : Nehruvianism & Nehru’s ‘Idea of India’
11. Hubris, Ill-Treatment of Others
Blunder–108 : Modest Academics, Pathetic Grasp of Vital Issues, Yet…
Blunder–109 : Lordly Ways—Good Bye to Gandhian Simplicity
Blunder–110 : Arrogant, Conceited & Full of Hubris
Blunder–111 : Bharat Ratnas—Ignoring the Deserving
Blunder–112 : Nehru & Netaji Subhas Mystery
Blunder–113 : Nehru & Netaji’s Stolen War Chest
Blunder–114 : Gross Ill-Treatment of INA
Blunder–115 : Ill-Treatment of Netaji Bose
Blunder–116 : Ill-Treatment of Bhagat Singh & Azad
Blunder–117 : Ill-Treatment of Veer Savarkar
Blunder–118 : Ill-Treatment of Sardar Patel
Blunder–119 : Ill-Treatment of Sardar Patel’s Daughter Maniben
Blunder–120 : Ill-Treatment of Dr Ambedkar
Blunder–121 : Ill-Treatment of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Blunder–122 : Ill-Treatment of Dr Rajendra Prasad
Blunder–123 : Ill-treatment of PD Tandon
Blunder–124 : Ill-Treatment of Bordoloi
Blunder–125 : Ill-Treatment of General Thimayya
Blunder–126 : Ill-Treatment of Public
Blunder–127 : Special Treatment for Edwina Mountbatten
12. Even More Blunders & Related Aspects
Nehru Gifted Kabo Valley
Paying Respects to Babar!
13. Evaluating Nehru
14. Bibliography
This ‘Revised, Enlarged & Unabridged, April-2019 Edition’ of the book comprises (a)127 Major Blunders compared to 97 of the first Digital Edition of July 2016; (b)over twice the matter, and number of words; and (c)exhaustive citations and complete bibliography.
Table of contents:-
Preface
A Note on Citations & Bibliography
1. Pre-Independence Blunders
Blunder–1 : Usurping Congress Presidentship in 1929
Blunder–2 : Setting Jinnah on Path to Pakistan
Blunder–3 : Scoring Self-Goal—Ministry Resignations, 1939
Blunder–4 : Leg-up to Jinnah & the Muslim League (AIML)
Blunder–5 : Assam’s Security Compromised
Blunder–6 : Nehru’s Undemocratic Elevation as the First PM
Blunder–7 : Aborted ‘Cabinet Mission Plan’ for United India
Blunder–8 : NWFP Blunder 1946
Blunder–9 : Making Jews out of Hindu Sindhis
Blunder–10 : Giving Away 55 Crores to Pakistan
Blunder–11 : Pre-Independence Dynasty Promotion
Blunder–12 : What Really Led to India’s Independence?
Blunder–13 : British Jails: Nehru/Top-Gandhians as VIPs vs. Others
Blunder–14 : Clueless on the Roots of Partition & Pakistan
Blunder–15 : Unplanned & Grossly Mismanaged Partition
Blunder–16 : No Worthwhile Policy Formulations!
2. Integration of the Princely States
Blunder–17 : Independent India dependent upon the British!
Blunder–18 : Nehru Refused J&K Accession when Offered!
Blunder–19 : Allowing Kashmir to be almost Lost
Blunder–20 : Unconditional J&K Accession Made Conditional
Blunder–21 : Internationalisation of the Kashmir Issue
Blunder–22 : Inept Handling of the J&K Issue in the UN
Blunder–23 : PoK thanks to Nehru
Blunder–24 : Nehru’s Shocking Callousness in J&K
Blunder–25 : Article-370 thanks to Nehru
Blunder–26 : Article 35A for J&K, Again thanks to Nehru
Blunder–27 : Nehru’s Blood Brother Who Deceived
Blunder–28 : Wanting Maharaja to Lick his Boots
Blunder–29 : Kashmiri Pandits vs. Kashmiri Pandits
Blunder–30 : Sidelining the One Who Could have Tackled J&K
Blunder–31 : Junagadh: Sardar Patel vs. Nehru–Mountbatten
Blunder–32 : Would-have-been Pakistan-II (Hyderabad)
3. External Security
Blunder–33 : Erasure of Tibet as a Nation
Blunder–34 : Panchsheel—Selling Tibet; Harming Self
Blunder–35 : Not Settling Boundary Dispute with China
Blunder–36 : The Himalayan Blunder: India-China War
Blunder–37 : Criminal Neglect of Defence & External Security
Blunder–38 : Politicisation of the Army
Blunder–39 : Anti Armed-Forces
Blunder–40 : Lethargic Intelligence Machinery & No Planning
Blunder–41 : Suppressing Truth
Blunder–42 : Himalayan Blunders, but No Accountability
Blunder–43 : Delayed Liberation of Goa
Blunder–44 : Nehru’s NO to Nuclear Arms
Blunder–45 : No Settlement with Pakistan
Blunder–46 : Responsible for 1965-War too, in a way
Blunder–47 : International Record in Insecure Borders
4. Foreign Policy
Blunder–48 : Nehru–Liaquat Pact 1950
Blunder–49 : Letting Go of Gwadar
Blunder–50 : Indus Water Treaty—Himalayan Blunder
Blunder–51 : No Initiative on Sri Lankan Tamil Problem
Blunder–52 : Erroneous Nehru-Era Map
Blunder–53 : Advocating China’s UNSC Membership at Our Cost
Blunder–54 : Rebuffing Israel, the Friend-in-Need
Blunder–55 : Neglecting Southeast Asia
Blunder–56 : India vs. the US & the West
Blunder–57 : ‘Non-Aligned’ with National Interests
Blunder–58 : Foreign to Foreign Policy
5. Internal Security
Blunder–59 : Compounding Difficulties in Assam
Blunder–60 : Neglect of the Northeast
Blunder–61 : Ignoring Illegal Proselytization
Blunder–62 : Ungoverned Areas
Blunder–63 : Insecurity of the Vulnerable Sections
6. Economy
Blunder–64 : Grinding Poverty & Terrible Living Conditions
Blunder–65 : Throttled Industrialisation
Blunder–66 : Neglect of Agriculture
Blunder–67 : Builder of ‘Modern’ India
Blunder–68 : Pathetic India vs. Other Countries
Blunder–69 : Nehruvian (and NOT ‘Hindu’) Rate of Growth
Blunder–70 : Nehru’s Socialism: The ‘God’ that Failed
7. Misgovernance
Blunder–71 : Debilitating Babudom & Criminal-Justice System
Blunder–72 : That Strange Indian Animal: VIP & VVIP
Blunder–73 : Corruption in the “Good” Old Days
Blunder–74 : Nepotism in the “Good” Old Days
Blunder–75 : Nehru & Casteism
Blunder–76 : Messy Reorganisation of States
Blunder–77 : Poor Leadership & Administration
Blunder–78 : Squandering Once-in-a-lifetime Opportunity
8. Educational & Cultural Mismanagement
Blunder–79 : Neglect of Universal Education
Blunder–80 : Messing Up the Language Issue
Blunder–81 : Promoting Urdu & Persian-Arabic Script
Blunder–82 : Neglect of Sanskrit
Blunder–83 : Rise of the Parasitic Leftist-‘Liberal’ Class
Blunder–84 : Mental & Cultural Slavery
Blunder–85 : Distorted, Self-Serving Secularism & Minorityism
Blunder–86 : Nehru & Uniform Civil Code (UCC)
Blunder–87 : ‘Sickularism’ vs. Somnath Temple
Blunder–88 : Would-have-been Communal Reservation
Blunder–89 : Not Seeking Reparations from the British
Nehru and the Distortion of Indian History & Heritage
Blunder–90 : No De-Falsification of History
Blunder–91 : Being Creative With History
Blunder–92 : Nehru & Negationism
Blunder–93 : Distortions of History by Nehru Himself
Blunder–94 : Being Anti-Hindu
9. Dynacracy & Dictatorial Tendencies
Blunder–95 : Nehru’s Dictatorial Ways
Blunder–96 : Nehru—Power Trumps Principles
Blunder–97 : Nehru Curbed Freedom of Expression
Further Blunders Beyond 97
Blunder–98 : “Democracy, thanks to Nehru?”—NOT True
Blunder–99 : Nehru Promoted Dynacracy, NOT Democracy
Blunder–100 : Not Limiting the Term of the PM
Blunder–101 : Not Appointing a Successor, Deliberately
Blunder–102 : Election Funding & Publicity
Blunder–103 : Ensuring Self-Publicity & Dynastic Recall
Blunder–104 : Communal, Vote-Bank Politics
Blunder–105 : Promoting Incompetents & Sycophants
10. Nehru’s World View—That Harmed India
Blunder–106 : Nehru’s Defective World View
Blunder–107 : Nehruvianism & Nehru’s ‘Idea of India’
11. Hubris, Ill-Treatment of Others
Blunder–108 : Modest Academics, Pathetic Grasp of Vital Issues, Yet…
Blunder–109 : Lordly Ways—Good Bye to Gandhian Simplicity
Blunder–110 : Arrogant, Conceited & Full of Hubris
Blunder–111 : Bharat Ratnas—Ignoring the Deserving
Blunder–112 : Nehru & Netaji Subhas Mystery
Blunder–113 : Nehru & Netaji’s Stolen War Chest
Blunder–114 : Gross Ill-Treatment of INA
Blunder–115 : Ill-Treatment of Netaji Bose
Blunder–116 : Ill-Treatment of Bhagat Singh & Azad
Blunder–117 : Ill-Treatment of Veer Savarkar
Blunder–118 : Ill-Treatment of Sardar Patel
Blunder–119 : Ill-Treatment of Sardar Patel’s Daughter Maniben
Blunder–120 : Ill-Treatment of Dr Ambedkar
Blunder–121 : Ill-Treatment of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Blunder–122 : Ill-Treatment of Dr Rajendra Prasad
Blunder–123 : Ill-treatment of PD Tandon
Blunder–124 : Ill-Treatment of Bordoloi
Blunder–125 : Ill-Treatment of General Thimayya
Blunder–126 : Ill-Treatment of Public
Blunder–127 : Special Treatment for Edwina Mountbatten
12. Even More Blunders & Related Aspects
Nehru Gifted Kabo Valley
Paying Respects to Babar!
13. Evaluating Nehru
14. Bibliography
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