Source: The Indian Express | Express News Service : New Delhi
Wed Oct 16 2013, 08:10 hrs
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, unlike "his imitators and those who would reclaim his legacy", worked tirelessly and successfully for communal harmony in the midst of the horrors of partition, National Security Advisor (NSA) Shivshankar Menon said Tuesday.
Delivering the annual Sardar Patel memorial lecture organised by All India Radio, he recalled that Patel spoke extempore in Amritsar in September 1947 asking people to restore calm and prevent revenge killing of Muslims trying to go to Pakistan. "Following his dialogue with community leaders and the speech, no further attacks occurred on Muslim refugees in Amritsar," he said.
"Unlike present-day Kautilyas and Machiavellis trying to....................
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Wed Oct 16 2013, 08:10 hrs
National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar at Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture 2013 in New Delhi on Tuesday. Anil Sharma
Delivering the annual Sardar Patel memorial lecture organised by All India Radio, he recalled that Patel spoke extempore in Amritsar in September 1947 asking people to restore calm and prevent revenge killing of Muslims trying to go to Pakistan. "Following his dialogue with community leaders and the speech, no further attacks occurred on Muslim refugees in Amritsar," he said.
"Unlike present-day Kautilyas and Machiavellis trying to....................
Read more at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/patel-worked-tirelessly-for-communal-harmony-unlike-his-imitators-menon/1183105/
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