Back Pages of History:- (6) In the streets outside, an American journalist reported, ‘Bedlam had broken loose. Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs were happily celebrating together……. It was times square on New Year’s Eve. More than anyone else, the crowd wanted Nehru. Even before he was due to appear, surging thousands had broken through police lines and flowed right to the doors of the Assembly building. Finally the heavy doors were closed to prevent a probably souvenir-hunting tide from sweeping through the Chamber. Nehru, whose face reflected his happiness, escaped by a different exit and after a while the rest of us went out.’ No event of any importance in India is complete without a goof-up. In this case, it was relatively minor. When after the midnight session at the Constitute Assembly, Jawahar Lal Nehru went to submit his list of cabinet ministers to the governor general, he handed over an empty envelope. However, by the time of swearing-in-ceremony, the missing piece of paper was found. Apart from Prime Minister Nehru, it listed thirteen other ministers. These included the nationalist stalwarts Vallabhbhai Patel and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, as well as four Congress Politicians of the younger generation.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:59:57 +0000
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