Foreign policy was Jawaharlal Nehrus first love

November 14, 2016 11:14

"I was lying in bed with a plaster cast at the age of 16, soon after the tribal invasion of the Kashmir Valley had begun. We were in Jammu and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru came on a brief visit to the palace, but I was not able to see him. Having grown up reading his books and being inspired by them, especially his autobiography and Discovery of India, I complained to my father for not having had the opportunity to meet him. When he came for the second time, my father brought him into my room and said to him, "Tiger is your great admirer."

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