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"Jawahar is the only Englishman in my camp."

— Jawaharlal Nehru

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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Mahatma Gandhi to Durga Das, when asked why he felt that Nehru (instead of Patel) should head the government. Attributed by Durga Das in Durga Das: India from Curzon to Nehru and After, p. 230, Also quoted in : The Nehru Epoch: From Democracy to Monocracy Dwarka Prasad Mishra, p 170 ; Living an Era, vol 2 Dwarka Prasad Mishra, p 145 ; India's Medieval and Modern Past Shankar Goyal, p 209. Ram Gopal: ‘Last Rites of Gandhism’, 1996; Elst, K. (2018). Why I killed the Mahatma: Uncovering Godse's def

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Mahatma Gandhi to Durga Das, when asked why he felt that Nehru (instead of Patel) should head the government. Attributed by Durga Das in Durga Das: India from Curzon to Nehru and After, p. 230, Also quoted in : The Nehru Epoch: From Democracy to Monocracy Dwarka Prasad Mishra, p 170 ; Living an Era, vol 2 Dwarka Prasad Mishra, p 145 ; India's Medieval and Modern Past Shankar Goyal, p 209. Ram Gopal: ‘Last Rites of Gandhism’, 1996; Elst, K. (2018). Why I killed the Mahatma: Uncovering Godse's def