It took seven decades
August 16, 2016 10:10
Seven decades ago, when India secured independence, many were sceptical. Winston Churchill was one of them. Churchill had vociferously opposed granting independence to India. His argument was that Indians were not equipped to handle it. "If independence is granted to India, power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues, freebooters; all Indian leaders will be of low calibre. They will fight amongst themselves for power and India will be lost in political squabbles. A day would come when even air and water would be taxed in India," he is said to have famously commented.
Read BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav's column here.
Image: Sarojini Naidu (extreme right) -- freedom fighter, poet -- who went on to become first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state.
Read BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav's column here.
Image: Sarojini Naidu (extreme right) -- freedom fighter, poet -- who went on to become first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state.
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