“Problems of North-East India began with Nehru’s policy” - M. K. K. Nair (Indian bureaucrat, art connoisseur, & IAS officer from Kerala)
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1. Nehru and Patel did not agree on many issues and Patel used to point out shortcomings in Nehru’s approaches to him.
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1. Nehru and Patel did not agree on many issues and Patel used to point out shortcomings in Nehru’s approaches to him.
2. Almost everyone knows that the problems of North East India began with Nehru’s policy. Patel had vehemently opposed Nehru’s plan to administer North Eastern Region under the Foreign Ministry and differentiate it from the rest of India.
3. He explained repercussions of such a step but there was no one in the cabinet to oppose him. When implemented, it became easy for Christian missionaries to tell local people that they were not Indians & theirs was another country because India’s Foreign Ministry dealt with it.
4. Nehru created a new cadre, Indian Frontier Administrative Service, to administer the region but selection was like for Indian Foreign Service. However, but for one or two exceptions, everyone chosen was incompetent and did not have the required administrative calibre.
5. Their clumsy rule and the worse control by the Foreign Ministry were causes for anti-national activities to flourish in Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur and hill areas of Assam.
Source: Story of an Era Told Without Ill-will by M. K. K. Nair (pp. 142-143)
Source: Story of an Era Told Without Ill-will by M. K. K. Nair (pp. 142-143)
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