Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Second Series Volume 25: 1 February-31 May 1954

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

• ISBN13: 9780195652758
• ISBN10: 0195652754
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This volume of the Selected Works covers the four months from February through May of 1954. The speeches, letters and memoranda incorporated herein convey a sense of profound changes in the offing within Indian society.

Table of Contents

General Perspectives
Medical Facilities in Remote Areas	3	(2)
Hurdles in Building a New India	5	(11)
People's Cooperation in Progress	16	(9)
The Need for Cooperation	25	(4)
India in the World of Hydrogen Bomb	29	(9)
Tasks Before India	38	(8)
Building a New India	46	(9)
Problems Facing India	55	(8)
National Reconstruction
I. Economy
(i) Planning
Houses for the Millions	63	(2)
New Approach to Planning	65	(3)
Self-Reliance for Progress	68	(9)
To Chief Ministers	77	(2)
National Plan Loan	79	(1)
Integration of India and Planning	80	(2)
(ii) Industry and Labour
To Ravi Shankar Shukla	82	(1)
Foreign Experts for Small-Scale Industries	83	(1)
Promotion of Handloom Industry	84	(1)
To T.T. Krishnamachari	85	(1)
To C. Rajagopalachari	86	(1)
To T.T. Krishnamachari	86	(1)
To Lal Bahadur Shastri	87	(1)
To V.V. Giri	88	(1)
To V.V. Giri	89	(1)
To T.T. Krishnamachari	89	(2)
II. Language Question
To Abul Kalam Azad	91	(1)
To Morarji Desai	92	(2)
To Ravi Shankar Shukla	94	(3)
To Morarji Desai	97	(3)
Development of Hindi	100	(6)
To Govind Das	106	(1)
III. Education
To Bhimsen Sachar	107	(1)
To C.D. Deshmukh	108	(3)
To B.C. Roy	111	(2)
Improvement of Educational System	113	(1)
IV. Scientific Research
Review of CSIR Work	114	(2)
Importance of Fundamental Research	116	(4)
To K.D. Malaviya	120	(1)
Hyderabad Central Laboratories	121	(1)
International Control and Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy	122	(10)
V. Sports
First National Games	132	(1)
To C.D. Deshmukh	132	(1)
Flying Clubs	133	(1)
To B.C. Roy	133	(1)
Encouragement to Games	134	(1)
To B.C. Roy	134	(1)
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute	135	(1)
VI. Culture
To C.D. Deshmukh	136	(1)
Development of Folk Dances	136	(1)
Advisory Committee on Writers	137	(1)
Sangeet Natak Akademi	138	(1)
Sahitya Akademi	139	(1)
Republic Day Celebrations	140	(2)
Symposium on Goa	142	(1)
Children and World Peace	143	(1)
Scheme for Manipuri Dancing	143	(1)
Tomb of Abdur Rahim Khan-i-khana	144	(1)
VII. Social Issues
To Chief Ministers	145	(1)
To C.D. Deshmukh	146	(1)
To Morarji Desai	147	(1)
Special Marriage Bill	148	(4)
To Rameshwari Nehru	152	(1)
To Charan Singh	153	(1)
To K. Hanumanthaiya	154	(5)
Congress Party
I. Organisational Matters
Rejuvenate the Congress	159	(2)
To Kamaraj Nadar	161	(1)
To C. Rajagopalachari	162	(1)
To C. Rajagopalachari	163	(1)
To N.V. Gadgil	164	(2)
To Sri Prakasa	166	(1)
Deterioration in Bihar Congress	167	(1)
Discipline within the Organisation	168	(1)
Muslim Congressmen in Bihar	169	(1)
Internal Differences in Ajmer Congress	170	(5)
To Haribhau Upadhyaya	175	(1)
To Abul Kalam Azad	176	(1)
To Presidents of PCCs	177	(5)
II. Elections in Travancore-Cochin and Pepsu
Historic Destiny of Congress	182	(4)
Reasons for Supporting Congress	186	(7)
To A. J. John	193	(3)
To C. Rajagopalachari	196	(1)
To K.P. Madhavan Nair	197	(1)
Telegram to Rajpramukh of Travancore-Cochin	198	(1)
Interference in Elections by Catholic Priests	199	(4)
State Matters
Problems of Andaman and Nicobar Islands	203	(1)
Border Areas of Uttar Pradesh	204	(1)
To Sampurnanand	204	(1)
To Bhimsen Sachar	205	(1)
To T. Prakasam	206	(1)
To N. Sanjiva Reddy	207	(1)
To Mishrilal Gangwal	208	(1)
No Reservation of Specialised Posts	208	(1)
To K.N. Katju	209	(1)
To Bisnuram Medhi	210	(2)
To Bhimsen Sachar	212	(1)
To T.T. Krishnamachari	213	(1)
To K.N. Katju	214	(1)
To Sri Krishna Sinha	215	(1)
To Bhimsen Sachar	216	(1)
To G.B. Pant	216	(2)
To Raghbir Singh	218	(1)
To Brahm Perkash	219	(1)
To Ajit Prasad Jain	220	(1)
To Sri Krishna Sinha	221	(4)
Minorities
To Amrit Kaur	225	(1)
To K.N. Katju	226	(1)
To Ravi Shankar Shukla	226	(2)
To P.V. Cherian	228	(1)
To Ravi Shankar Shukla	229	(1)
To K.N. Katju	230	(1)
To N. Chandrasekhara Aiyar	230	(5)
Parliamentary Affairs
To G.V. Mavalankar	235	(1)
To Raghubir Sahai	235	(1)
Parliamentary System	236	(1)
Decorum Before Parliamentary Committees	237	(1)
To D.K. Kunte	238	(1)
Question of Privilege	239	(2)
Procedure for Privilege Motion	241	(1)
To C.C. Biswas	242	(5)
Matters of Administration
I. General
No Barricades for Security Arrangements	247	(1)
To Jagjivan Ram	248	(1)
To A.C. Guha	249	(1)
To Amrit Kaur	250	(1)
Recruitment for Specialised Posts	251	(1)
Unsuitability of ``Closed Service''	252	(1)
Challenges in Administration	253	(5)
To K.N. Katju	258	(2)
Recruitment and Training for Indian Foreign Service	260	(2)
To C.D. Deshmukh	262	(1)
Passports for Christian Missionaries	263	(1)
To K.N. Katju	264	(3)
To Chief Ministers	267	(1)
To Nawab of Bhopal	268	(4)
Remembering Departed Patriots on Republic Day	272	(1)
Security Arrangements for Prime Minister	273	(1)
II. Reform Measures
To C.D. Deshmukh	274	(3)
To C.D. Deshmukh	277	(1)
To C.D. Deshmukh	278	(1)
Question of Administrative Reforms	279	(9)
Review of Financial Control	288	(4)
Village Panchayats	292	(3)
Defence
Manufacture and Purchase of Aircrafts	295	(1)
Defence Services	296	(9)
To C.D. Deshmukh	305	(2)
Naval Policy	307	(4)
Kashmir
Cable to B.G. Kher	311	(1)
To Bakhshi Ghulam Mohammad	312	(2)
To Bakhshi Ghulam Mohammad	314	(1)
Plebiscite Administrator	315	(1)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	316	(1)
Withdrawal of US Observers	317	(1)
Policy towards Kashmir Issue	318	(1)
To Mohammad Ali	319	(3)
Indian Forces in Kashmir and US Military Aid to Pakistan	322	(1)
To Bakhshi Ghulam Mohammad	323	(3)
To Rajendra Prasad	326	(2)
To Ali Yavar Jung	328	(5)
Relations with Pakistan
I. US Military Aid
Repercussions of Military Aid	333	(2)
India and Military Aid	335	(9)
II. Indus Waters Treaty Negotiations
World Bank's Proposals on Canal Waters	344	(1)
Cable to Eugene R. Black	345	(1)
III. Evacuee Properties
To Mohammad Ali	346	(7)
To Mohammad Ali	353	(2)
IV. Recovery of Abducted Women
Rehabilitation of Abducted Women	355	(6)
Korea
Steps Regarding Prisoners of War	361	(1)
Cable to K.S. Thimayya	362	(1)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	363	(1)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	363	(1)
Cable to N. Raghavan	364	(1)
Cable to V.K. Krishna Menon	365	(1)
Developments in Korea	366	(6)
Treatment of Ex-Prisoners of War in India	372	(5)
External Affairs
I. Foreign Policy
Issues in Foreign Policy	377	(7)
Principles of Foreign Policy	384	(11)
Changes in Asia	395	(2)
India and International Situation	397	(14)
India and International Situation	411	(12)
II. Colombo Conference
Six-Point Proposal on Indo-China	423	(3)
Hydrogen Bomb, Colonialism and Racialism	426	(5)
Communism and Afro-Asian Conference	431	(2)
Drafting the Communique	433	(2)
Message to Anthony Eden	435	(2)
III. Indo-China
Appeal for Ceasefire	437	(1)
Cable to N. Raghavan	438	(1)
Statements of Dulles	438	(1)
Proposals on Indo-China	439	(5)
Cable to Anthony Eden	444	(1)
IV. Hydrogen Bomb
Steps Against Hydrogen Bomb Tests	445	(4)
Cable to Winston Churchill	449	(1)
V. Nepal
To B.K. Gokhale	450	(2)
Disturbing Conditions in Nepal	452	(1)
To King of Nepal	453	(3)
To M.P. Koirala	456	(4)
Coordination of Foreign Policy with Nepal	460	(3)
VI. Bhutan
To Bisnuram Medhi	463	(2)
To Maharaja of Bhutan	465	(2)
VII. China and Tibet
Cable to N. Raghavan	467	(1)
Sino-Indian Agreement on Tibet	468	(1)
Future Negotiations with China	469	(2)
VIII. Myanmar
To U Nu	471	(4)
To M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar	475	(1)
To N. Raghavan	476	(2)
To K.K. Chettur	478	(2)
To U Nu	480	(2)
IX. Sri Lanka
To C.C. Desai	482	(1)
To Lanka Sundaram	483	(1)
On Citizenship Issue	484	(3)
To John Kotelawala	487	(2)
X. USA
Increasing American Activities	489	(2)
To V.K. Krishna Menon	491	(1)
Exchange Schemes Between India and USA	492	(2)
Problems of Accepting American Economic Aid	494	(2)
To Dorothy S. Norman	496	(2)
XI. Other Countries
Recall of Indian Commissioner from Nairobi	498	(1)
To C. Rajagopalachari	499	(1)
India and Defence of Iraq	500	(2)
Indonesian Proposal for an Afro-Asian Conference	502	(2)
Declaration of East German Independence	504	(1)
Raid of Consular Office in Nairobi	505	(1)
Selling Ordinary Arms to Iraq	506	(1)
India and Clemency of Japanese War Criminals	506	(3)
African Students in India	509	(1)
To A.G. Fraser	510	(1)
Establishment of Legation of Israel	511	(1)
XII. Foreign Possessions in India
Policy towards Goa	512	(1)
To Balvantray Mehta	513	(1)
Telegram to C. Rajagopalachari	514	(1)
Cable to H.S. Malik	515	(1)
Telegram to C. Rajagopalachari	516	(1)
Situation in French Indian Settlements	517	(3)
Stoppage of Supplies to the French Settlements	520	(1)
Applicability of North Atlantic Treaty to Goa	520	(2)
Friendly Settlement of Pondicherry Question	522	(2)
To Joseph Laniel	524	(2)
Merger Through Negotiations	526	(3)
Reactions to the French Proposals	529	(2)
Suggestions for Negotiations with France	531	(4)
Letters to Chief Ministers
I	535	(8)
II	543	(7)
III	550	(6)
IV	556	(9)
V	565	(8)
Miscellaneous
Tragedy at the Kumbh	573	(2)
Talks with PSP	575	(1)
To Clark Foreman	576	(1)
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals	576	(5)
Mohammad Iqbal	581	(1)
Homage to Buddha	582