How Britain sought to thwart J&K's accession to India
November 07, 2013 13:22
LK Advani blogs today on the Nehru-Patel controversy:
"My last blog, based on a book in Malayalam, written by a 1947 IAS official, late Shri MKK Nair, has precipitated quite a controversy.
"There have been comments from the Congress Camp that Nair's report about a clash between Nehru and Patel on the issue of armed action against the Nizam is all bunkum.
"Going through Rediff on The Net, I have come across a very interesting interview Sam Manekshaw, the first Field Marshal in the Indian Army had with Prem Shankar Jha. Manekshaw, in those early years of independence, was a colonel who was chosen to accompany V.P. Menon to Kashmir when V.P. was proceeding to that state to secure J & K's Accession to India. Col. Manekshaw's version as recorded by Prem Shankar Jha runs as follows. Read what Manekshaw said to Nehru.
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"My last blog, based on a book in Malayalam, written by a 1947 IAS official, late Shri MKK Nair, has precipitated quite a controversy.
"There have been comments from the Congress Camp that Nair's report about a clash between Nehru and Patel on the issue of armed action against the Nizam is all bunkum.
"Going through Rediff on The Net, I have come across a very interesting interview Sam Manekshaw, the first Field Marshal in the Indian Army had with Prem Shankar Jha. Manekshaw, in those early years of independence, was a colonel who was chosen to accompany V.P. Menon to Kashmir when V.P. was proceeding to that state to secure J & K's Accession to India. Col. Manekshaw's version as recorded by Prem Shankar Jha runs as follows. Read what Manekshaw said to Nehru.
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