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Jawaharlal Nehru

Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, whoserved till 1964, was a great statesman, an internationalist who also recognized the historical importance of nationalism and had a nationalistic perspective on development. In socio-economic thought one can call him a modernist. He was committed to socialism, democracy and secularism. He was greatly impressed by progress made by Americans, Russians and Chinese people. In Discovery of India (Nehru, 1973) he wrote:

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Something that vitality which I saw in China I have sensed at times in the Indian people also. Not always, and anyway it is difficult for me to take an objective view. Perhaps my wishes distort my thinking. But always I was in search for this in my wanderings among the Indian people. If they had this vitality, then it was well with them and they would make good. … I was not interested in making some political arrangement which would enable our people to carry on more or less as before, only a little better.