Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON/Hare Krishna Movement, was born this day in 1896. 🙏Every Indian must know what he said about Mahatma Gandhi, ahimsa and Netaji. And you will know the possible reason why he was never considered for Bharat Ratna. 1/n
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"Thirty years he [Mahatma Gandhi] could not do anything. And Subhas Chandra Bose...went out of India and organized this I.N.A…and the Britishers were obliged to leave India. ...That is my estimation," he said in June 1976 in Los Angeles while conversing with his disciples. 2/n
Srila Prabhupada's reasoning was clear: "Well, in politics, unless there is violence, you cannot take. Simply by sweet words, not possible. That was the difference between our political leaders, Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose." 3/n
Prabhupada said British Empire was sustained by Indian money and Indian troops. "So when this Indian National Army was organized ... They were great politicians. They saw, 'Now the army is going to national movement. We cannot be.' Then they left. Because it was not possible" 4/n
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