Nehru's 97 Major Blunders (Revised & Unabridged to 127 Major Blunders)

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