HISA 3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Operation Blue Star, Pesticide, Democratic Socialism
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Jawaharlal nehru (1889 - 1964: favored by mahatma gandhi, studied in cambridge abroad as a lawyer, supported gandhi for the quit india movement strong relationships with gandhi. Almost like gandhi"s son: favored over jinah as the rst pm of india, although he was close to gandhi, many idealogical di erences in how to construct the nation going forward. Gandhi: villages = heart of india: always spoke that india was an agrarian country where development of villages was necessary. Nehru: villages were hubs of backwardness: focus should be on cities, urbanization, faith in technology, numerous colleges embedded in science and technology, also propagated many agrarian reforms by: Attacking the rural elites by attacking the amount of land they could help. Diversi ed crop production by importing seeds from abroad (green revolution) Nehru"s government: foreign policy = non-allignment. Hence, more friendly towards russia than usa: however, he still had no wish to align himself with any of the nations involved in cold.