Letters from 1948 show PM Jawaharlal Nehru pushing the Indian Army toward prohibition. He warned that "expansive" officers under the influence could not be trusted with state secrets.
75 years ago, independent India witnessed its first fractured mandate in Madras State. The early Constitutional test for the fledgling republic forced Nehru to step in and led to the elevation of Rajaji as chief minister.
Hearing a PIL, the Allahabad High Court also observed that despite state funding, the condition of the Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital attached to Moti Lal Nehru Medical College has deteriorated.
