In time for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 149th birth anniversary on 31st October, the author of a recent book on the accession of the princely states to the Union of India looks at how he employed all the Kautilyan methods of sama, dana, danda and bheda to achieve the goal of national integration
In cutting the last ties with monarchy. Gen. Naguib has removed all chances of the provisional Regent Prince Abdel Moneim, in the event of an unexpected upheaval, becoming the supreme authority in Egypt
Jairam Ramesh of Congress pointed out that Mani Shankar Aiyar has subsequently apologised, and that the party distances itself from the “original phraseology”.
Maharashtra and Gujarat were born on May 1, 1960. Nehru inaugurated Maharashtra with a neon sign map ceremony in Bombay. Gujarat's formal inauguration followed.