"But apart from this, I must be quite frank with you about this ceremony. Indeed I have written to you about it in another connection already. I am troubled by this revivalism and by the fact that our President and some Ministers and you as Rajpramukh are associated with it. I think that this is not in line with the nature of our State and it will have bad consequences both nationally and internationally. As individuals, of course, it is open to anyone to do what he chooses in such matters. But many of us happen to be more than private individuals and we cannot dissociate ourselves from our public capacities."
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Nehru’s letter to Jam Saheb: Nehru refuses to attend Somnath ceremony, suggests Jam Saheb to stay away from the ceremony as well New Delhi April 24, 1951 Selected Works Of Jawaharlal Nehru (2nd series 16 part – 1 page 610)[https://deshgujarat.com/2019/05/11/somnath-series-jawaharlal-nehrus-opposition-to-president-rajendra-prasads-decision-to-attend-somnath-ceremony/
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