Word: nehru
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Many Indian leaders feel that immediate independence would be the strongest possible incentive. Said Jawaharlal Nehru last week: "The people of England feel that this is their war and they have a job to do, but this is lacking in the people of India. They don't know their job and don't wish to fight under the British...
...name he himself prefers-according to Nehru-rather than the addition of Mahatma. The suffix ji conveys an idea of simple respect in Hindustani and does not mean, as some might think, "dear little Gandhi...
Ramann, lately stationed in London, has been broadcasting to India nightly. A member of a prominent Hindu family from the province of Madras on the East coast of India, he has had much personal contact with most of the nation's political leaders, including Gandhi, Nehru, and Mahandas Ali Jinnah, leader of India's 80,000,000 Moslems...
...last week's raging Indian dissension, many political leaders with great followings were urging fighting war against the Japanese. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru joined C. R. in advocating all possible guerrilla tactics. So did Communist members of the Congress. There was no doubt that India's Moslems would fight. But it seemed clear that Gandhi was a good deal closer than C. R. or Nehru to the mind of most of India's Hindus...
...leader of the more cautious elements in the Congress, but after Pearl Harbor, C. R. decided that non-violence was no safeguard in such a violent world. With masterly tact he persuaded Gandhi not only to resign from leadership of the Congress, but to give his blessing to Nehru and the rest...