Word: nehru
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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High above India's plains, now sweltering in the 105° heat that comes before the summer monsoon, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was taking his first vacation in three years. Nehru was bone-tired; black circles ringed his eyes. In the cool. British-built hill station of Chakrata, Nehru slept under blankets, went for long walks on the fir-clad slopes, drew loud cheers from local admirers when he rode a pony onto the local parade ground and neatly guided it through a perfect figure eight...
...Though Nehru could escape his country's heat, he could not escape its mounting problems. His ambitious second five-year plan, intended to industrialize India, was running short of foreign exchange, and no nation seemed eager to put up the $1.6 billion needed to fill the gap. Internally, private capital was drying up; interest rates had risen...
Krishna Menon owes his rise to power primarily to the friendship of Jawaharlal Nehru, who stubbornly rejects all criticism of his protege as "mere jealousy," describes him as "the best U.N. diplomat since Andrei Vishinsky." But even Nehru's affection could not have transformed the cantankerous Menon into a major force in Indian politics had it not been for the U.N. debates on Kashmir, during which Menon staged the longest filibuster (seven hours and 48 minutes) in U.N. history, wound up by collapsing dramatically on the floor of the Security Council...
...packed houses all over India. In his subsequent campaign for a seat in the House of the People-his first try for elective office in India-Menon won a handsome majority. By last week Indian politicians who once publicly scorned Menon were holding their tongues. Despite its democratic aspirations, Nehru's government still has some of the characteristics of an Oriental court. In such a court, wise men do not lightly offend a potential successor to the throne who is beloved both by the prince and the people...
Like so many proud fathers, India's Communists were busy clucking and exclaiming over their new prize exhibit-the Communist government of the state of Kerala (pop. 13.6 million) in southwest India. While Prime Minister Nehru's central government watched nervously, Chief Minister Sankaran Namboodiripad put on quite a show in his first two weeks in office. Ventilation systems were ordered for the state jails. The pay of village headmen was ostentatiously raised from $6.75 a month to a maximum of almost $11 a month. In a "gesture of mercy," the Communists promised to release 500 "political" prisoners...