Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru may not be with us today, but he is immortal and indelible because of his personality, decisions and words. Be it his personal life or public life…both make him special and memorable among people. Read those things related to Chacha Nehru on his death anniversary, which you hardly know:
It is around the year 1962. The war with China shook Nehru from within. Be it gait or face…his charm had vanished then. In 1964, he lost his balance during a Congress program in Bhubaneswar. During that time he had fallen on the front side. Indira, who was sitting nearby, had come running to pick him up. Former Punjab CM Bhimsen Sachar told journalist Kuldeep Nayar a thing related to Nehru and his sister. According to the story, sister Vijay Lakshmi Pandit was staying at Raj Bhavan in Shimla, but there she did not pay the bill. Two and a half thousand rupees was his bill. Sachar wrote a letter to Nehru regarding this amount that the amount has not come yet and he feels bad about the amount due in the name of PM’s sister. Panditji had then clearly said that he cannot give this amount at one go, but will definitely pay it in five instalments. Once there was a fight between the two like this. During a conversation with BBC, she told that this thing happened when she was 10 years old. According to Vijay Lakshmi, “Hungary was the issue. I was in London. Was called to say something. I think it’s fine. Then Krishna Menon and our other leaders at the UN did something else I misunderstood on that. I had a fight with my brother over this. But in the end, I used to accept my brother’s words.
It is said that Nehru used to spend less money on himself. According to his secretary and biographer MO Mathai, in many respects Panditji could be called a miser. However, once he had bought a painting of Mahatma Gandhi for five thousand rupees in the deep thought currency. He took this decision immediately. According to Dr. Janak Raj Jai, Nehru’s personal assistant, once a person named Nathu, who worked with Nehru, slept outside his room. When he came to the office, he saw her in front. They did not wake him up, but put some people under his protection and told that he should be allowed to sleep. Nehru then jumped to his room and later returned in the same way. When Nathu woke up after Panditji’s departure, he was stunned to see the guards beside him. Started asking what happened? Then he was told, “Don’t be upset. We were put on duty so that no one disturbs you in the midst of sleeping.
Nehru’s name was also closely associated with Edwina, the wife of Lord Mountbatten. It is said that when Jawahar used to go swimming in the swimming pool of the Government House, Edwina was also seen there with him. Edwina’s daughter Pamela Hicks was also greatly influenced by Nehru. During a conversation with the British agency, Pamela had said – My mother was a victim of loneliness. That’s when she met a man who was sensitive, charming and adorable. Perhaps this was the reason why she fell in love with him. Not only this, Lord Mountbatten used to call Nehru’s letters to Edwina love letters. This was told by Mountbatten’s grandson, Lord Ramsey, to Jawahar’s biographer, Stanley Walpert, who told the BBC.