Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Second Series Volume 24

by Nehru, Jawaharlal; Gopal, S.; Kumar, Ravinder; Prasad, H. Y. Sharada

• ISBN13: 9780195651867
• ISBN10: 0195651863
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This volume of the selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru examines the years 1953-1954 to capture the growing involvement and the increasing stature of India in the world community.

Table of Contents

General Perspectives
Grow into the Heart of India	3	(10)
A Call for United Effort	13	(6)
Defence of Freedom	19	(4)
The Passion to Go Ahead	23	(7)
The Administrative Jungle	30	(5)
Problems Facing the Nation	35	(10)
Work Hard and Stand United	45	(6)
Goals and Challenges	51	(8)
The Larger Scheme of Things	59	(7)
The Call of the Sea	66	(2)
Youth and Politics	68	(8)
Reaching the Rural Folk	76	(12)
The Gandhian Path	88	(6)
The Unesco as a Liberating Force	94	(4)
The Message of Kalyani Congress	98	(5)
Gandhian India	103	(20)
National Progress
Planning
Scope of the Five Year Plan	123	(5)
To V.T. Krishnamachari	128	(1)
Bullock-cart, Motor Lorry, Jet Plane and Atomic Energy	129	(7)
To T.T. Krishnamachari	136	(1)
To T.T. Krishnamachari	137	(1)
Planning and Development	138	(2)
Key Posts for Indians	140	(2)
Industry
Promotion of Hand-made Goods	142	(1)
To T.T. Krishnamachari	142	(2)
Preference for Indigenous Machinery	144	(2)
To Lal Bahadur Shastri	146	(1)
To Lal Bahadur Shastri	147	(1)
To J.R.D. Tata	148	(2)
To J.R.D. Tata	150	(1)
Partnership in Achievement	151	(1)
Ravi Shankar Shukla	152	(2)
Multipurpose Projects
To V.T. Krishnamachari	154	(2)
Speed not at the Cost of Quality	156	(1)
The Progress of Bhakra-Nangal Project	157	(4)
Education
Importance of Manual Labour	161	(1)
Selection of Artists for Scholarships	162	(2)
To V.T. Krishnamachari	164	(1)
To V.T. Krishnamachari	164	(1)
To Abul Kalam Azad	165	(2)
Learning while Playing	167	(1)
Importance of Basic Education	168	(1)
To Chief Ministers	169	(4)
University Grants Commission	173	(2)
To K.M. Panikkar	175	(1)
George Roerich	175	(3)
Norms for University Education	178	(1)
Powers of the University Grants Commission	179	(2)
Understanding History	181	(1)
Quality of Education	182	(1)
Importance of Primary Education	183	(4)
Bal Bhavans	187	(1)
To C.D. Deshmukh	188	(2)
Scientific Research
To T.T. Krishnamachari	190	(3)
To Mahavir Tyagi	193	(1)
To S.S. Bhatnagar	194	(1)
To M.N. Saha	195	(2)
To A.J. John	197	(1)
Fundamental Research	198	(3)
The Scientific Temper	201	(5)
Challenge to Science and Scientists	206	(5)
Need for a Penicillin Research Centre	211	(1)
Language
To Jagjivan Ram	212	(1)
To Abul Kalam Azad	213	(1)
To Ravi Shankar Shukla	214	(1)
To Abul Kalam Azad	215	(1)
To Ravi Shankar Shukla	216	(1)
``Regional'' not ``Vernacular''	217	(1)
Problems of Language and Script	217	(3)
Language and Literature	220	(4)
Land Reforms
Rajasthan Jagirdari Reforms	224	(2)
Land Ceiling	226	(5)
Reorganization of States
Rationale of Reorganization	231	(3)
Scope of the Commission	234	(1)
To S. Nijalingappa	235	(2)
To Ajit Singh	237	(1)
The Primacy of the Nation	238	(1)
To the Presidents of the Pradesh Congress Committees	239	(2)
To S. Fazl Ali	241	(1)
To S. Fazl Ali	242	(3)
To Shankarrao Deo	245	(4)
To K.M. Panikkar	249	(3)
To S.G. Vaze	252	(1)
Terms of Reference of the Commission	253	(1)
Factors Bearing on Reorganization	254	(1)
A Right Decision	255	(6)
Formation of Andhra State
Union of Hearts and Minds	261	(1)
The Birth of Andhra State	262	(4)
Magnitude of Tasks Ahead	266	(1)
Greater Andhra	267	(1)
Need for Emotional Integration	268	(3)
To K. Raghuramaiah	271	(2)
To C.M. Trivedi	273	(1)
To T. Prakasam	273	(1)
To K. Raghuramaiah	274	(5)
State Matters
UP
To Govind Ballabh Pant	279	(2)
To B.C. Roy	281	(1)
To K.N. Katju	282	(2)
Madras
To C. Rajagopalachari	284	(1)
Telegram to C. Rajagopalachari	285	(1)
To C. Rajagopalachari	285	(2)
To C. Rajagopalachari	287	(1)
To C. Rajagopalachari	288	(1)
To C. Rajagopalachari	289	(1)
To Sri Prakasa	290	(1)
Confidence in the Leadership of Rajagopalachari	291	(1)
To C. Rajagopalachari	292	(1)
Bombay
To Morarji Desai	293	(1)
To Morarji Desai	294	(1)
Punjab
To K.N. Katju	294	(1)
To C.P.N. Singh	295	(2)
To K.N. Katju	297	(2)
Pepsu
To Raghbir Singh	299	(1)
To P.S. Rau	300	(1)
To the Maharani of Patiala	301	(1)
To K.N. Katju	302	(2)
Hyderabad
To B. Ramakrishna Rao	304	(1)
To Ramananda Tirtha	305	(1)
To the Nizam of Hyderabad	306	(1)
NEFA
Details of the NEFA Incident	307	(3)
To Bisnuram Medhi	310	(2)
Policy Towards Tribal People	312	(2)
Delhi
To Brahm Perkash	314	(2)
To Brahm Perkash	316	(5)
Christian Missionaries
To K.N. Katju	321	(1)
Policy Towards Foreign Missionaries	322	(4)
To Amrit Kaur	326	(2)
Religious Coversions	328	(1)
To Amrit Kaur	329	(1)
To the Archbishop of Bangalore	330	(2)
To Bishop S.K. Mondol	332	(5)
Administrative Matters
To Amrit Kaur	337	(1)
Appleby Report and Administrative Reforms	338	(5)
Conference on Cultural Freedom	343	(2)
To Chief Ministers	345	(1)
To Mishrilal Gangwal	346	(1)
Evolution of a Formal Dress	346	(4)
Delay in Implementing Projects	350	(2)
To R.P. Bhargava	352	(1)
Award of Padma Vibhushan	353	(4)
Congress Presidentship
The Kalyani Session
Epitome of Freedom and Progress	357	(2)
The Party and the Government	359	(2)
Women and the Nation-building	361	(1)
The Role of Legislators	362	(1)
Presidential Address	363	(11)
Organizational Affairs
Service to the People	374	(3)
To Morarji Desai	377	(1)
To B. Ramakrishna Rao	378	(1)
To Balvantray Mehta	379	(2)
To B.K. Kaula	381	(1)
Hunger Strikes	382	(1)
To Ramananda Tirtha	382	(5)
Kashmir
The Internal Situation
Telegram to Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	387	(1)
To Vijayalakshmi Pandit	387	(2)
Bannihal Tunnel	389	(1)
To Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	389	(1)
To Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	390	(2)
To Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	392	(1)
To Karan Singh	393	(1)
To Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	394	(2)
To Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	396	(1)
To Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	397	(1)
To Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	398	(1)
To Karan Singh	399	(1)
To Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	400	(1)
To D.P. Dhar	401	(1)
Plebiscite Administrator
To Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	402	(1)
To Mohammad Ali	403	(4)
To Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	407	(1)
Cable to Mohammad Ali	408	(1)
Cable to M.S. Mehta	409	(4)
Relations with Pakistan
US Military Aid
To Mohammad Ali	413	(4)
To U Nu	417	(5)
To K.M. Panikkar	422	(2)
A Matter of Intense Concern	424	(4)
To Lord Mountbatten	428	(1)
The Far Reaching Consequences	428	(5)
To Balvantray Mehta	433	(1)
To Mohammad Ali	434	(5)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	439	(1)
To Mohammad Ali	439	(4)
No Arms Race with Pakistan	443	(1)
To John Kotelawala	443	(1)
To Mohammad Ali	444	(4)
Denial of Secret Pact with any Country	448	(1)
Arms Aid and Freedom in Asia	449	(1)
To Mohammad Ali	450	(2)
Concern for Friendly Relations	452	(1)
To T.T. Krishnamachari	453	(1)
Speeding up Defence Schemes	454	(1)
Evacuee Properties
To Mohammad Ali	455	(2)
Outstanding Questions	457	(2)
To Ajit Prasad Jain	459	(2)
To Mohammad Ali	461	(2)
The Evacuee Property Law	463	(2)
Other Issues
To Mohammad Ali	465	(5)
Recovery of Abducted Persons	470	(4)
Cable to Mohammad Ali	474	(1)
To Mohammad Ali	475	(1)
Canal Waters	476	(1)
To Mohammad Ali	476	(1)
To Rajendra Prasad	477	(4)
The Problem of Korea
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	481	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	481	(1)
Aide Memoire to US	482	(3)
Cable to Winston Churchill	485	(1)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	486	(1)
Gifts to Indian Forces in Korea	486	(1)
Cable to Vijayalakshmi Pandit	487	(1)
Misdeeds of South Korea	488	(3)
Cable to Vijayalakshmi Pandit	491	(2)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	493	(1)
Cable to Louis St Laurent	494	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	495	(1)
To V.K. Krishna Menon	496	(2)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	498	(1)
A second Aide Memoire to US	498	(4)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	502	(1)
Cable to N. Raghavan	502	(1)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	503	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	504	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	505	(1)
To Vijayalakshmi Pandit	506	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	507	(1)
Security of the Custodian Force	507	(2)
Question of the Period of Explanations	509	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	510	(1)
To Vijayalakshmi Pandit	511	(2)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	513	(1)
Message to Indian Soldiers in Korea	513	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	514	(1)
Stalemate in Korea	515	(2)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	517	(1)
Extension of the Period for Explanations	518	(2)
The Status of Non-Repatriates	520	(1)
Option after End of Time-limit	520	(2)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	522	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	522	(1)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	523	(1)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	524	(1)
Cable to G.L. Mehta	525	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	526	(1)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	526	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	527	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	528	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	529	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	530	(1)
Cable to N. Raghavan	531	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	532	(1)
Cable to N. Raghavan	533	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	533	(2)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	535	(1)
Cable to N. Raghavan	536	(1)
Cable to N. Raghavan	537	(2)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	539	(2)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	541	(1)
Cable to N. Raghavan	542	(2)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	544	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	545	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	546	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	547	(1)
An Impartial and Objective Role	547	(1)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	548	(5)
Foreign Affairs
General
Afro-Asian Group in UN	553	(2)
To B.G. Kher	555	(1)
Policy Towards West Asia	556	(1)
To Heads of Indian Missions	557	(1)
Major Issues of Foreign Policy	558	(12)
A Realistic Approach to Problems	570	(9)
The Indo-Tibetan Frontier Issue	579	(6)
An Independent Foreign Policy	585	(1)
Nepal
American Activities in Nepal	586	(1)
Cable to B.K. Gokhale	587	(1)
Cable to B.K. Gokhale	588	(1)
Cable to the King of Nepal	589	(1)
To B.K. Gokhale	589	(2)
To B.K. Gokhale	591	(1)
Bhutan
Growing Friendship with Bhutan	592	(1)
Coordination between India and Bhutan	593	(2)
China and Tibet
Cable to Chou En-lai	595	(1)
A Friendly Policy Towards China	596	(2)
The Beijing Conference	598	(2)
Myanmar
To U Nu	600	(1)
To C.D. Deshmukh	601	(1)
To U Nu	602	(4)
The Question of Compensation	606	(1)
Cable to K.K. Chettur	607	(91)
To K.K. Chettur	698
Rice from Myanmar	609	(1)
Sri Lanka
Cable to John Kotelawala	610	(1)
To John Kotelawala	611	(2)
Unbroken Bonds	613	(3)
To P.T. Thanu Pillai	616	(1)
To John Kotelawala	617	(1)
Egypt and Sudan
To K.M. Panikkar	618	(1)
To Mohammed Neguib	619	(1)
British Guiana
Attitude Towards British Guiana	620	(1)
Developments in British Guiana	621	(1)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	621	(1)
Hardening of Imperialist Attitude	622	(2)
To Chief Ministers	624	(1)
African Countries
Indians in Kenya	625	(1)
Attitude to Central African Federation	626	(1)
Policy Towards Africa	627	(5)
To V.K. Krishna Menon	632	(1)
Consequences of Racial Discrimination	633	(1)
Indian Leadership in Kenya	634	(1)
Colonial Domination and Racial Discrimination	635	(3)
Relations with South Africa	638	(1)
Travail of Africa	639	(1)
Developments in East Africa	640	(1)
USA
To G.L. Mehta	641	(1)
To K.P.S. Menon	642	(1)
To Dwight D. Eisenhower	643	(1)
Other Issues
To S. Radhakrishnan	644	(1)
Policies Pursued by Iraq	645	(1)
Foreign Possessions in India
Stand on Foreign Pockets	646	(1)
The Future of Foreign Pockets	647	(1)
An Action-Committee for Goa	648	(1)
To Braganza de Cunha	649	(1)
Question of Economic Sanctions	650	(3)
Letters to Chief Ministers
I	653	(8)
II	661	(7)
III	668	(9)
IV	677	(10)
V	687	(7)
VI	694	(7)
Miscellaneous
Ajanta Paintings	701	(1)
To Victoria Ocampo	702	(1)
To V.K. Krishna Menon	703	(1)
Valmiki Ramayana	704	(2)
To Ellen Roy	706	(1)
Subhas Chandra Bose	706