Oct. 14: The Nobel Foundation ignored not only Mahatma Gandhi but also India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, one of 20th century’s leading statesmen, for the peace prize, not once but on 11 occasions.
Though the details of past nominations are kept confidential, the foundation has opened the database for 1901-56. A search through it shows that the name of Nehru was under consideration during the early 1950s when he was building the foundations of a modern India.
In 1950, there were two nominations considered by the Nobel committee. L.R. Sivasubramanian, a Delhi University professor of law, and M. Venkatarangaiya, a Bombay University professor of political science, sent in the nominations.
"Nehru established parliamentary government in India, and he had been one of the principal leaders of the independence movement. He was nominated for his neutralist foreign policy and for upholding the same principles as Gandhi," according to the database accessed by IANS. Jens Arup Seip, a professor of the university of Oslo, did the evaluation of the nomination.
Coincidentally, the committee also considered nominations of Maharshi Aurobindo, a radical freedom fighter turned spiritual leader, and S. Radhakrishan, another freedom fighter and statesman who was to later become India’s President (1962-67).
In 1950, the most coveted prize in the world went to Ralph Bunche, an American political scientist and diplomat, for his late 1940s mediation in Palestine.
In 1951, Panditji, as he was popularly known, was nominated thrice. The nominations were sent in by Emily Greene Balch of the US, Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1946, Lewis Hoskins on behalf of the American Friends Service Committee and Shrinavala Sarma on behalf of the "Professors at the University of Madras".
All three nominations were evaluated by Prof. Seip. Léon Jouhaux, a French trade union leader, won the peace prize in 1951.
Three more nominations in favour of Nehru were sent to Sweden two years later — all from Brussels.
"Several Members of the Belgian National Assembly", "Several Members of the Belgian Senate" and "Several Professors of the university of Bruxelles" were the nominators.
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Noted playback singer
Mahendra Kapoor, whose voice has delighted music lovers across
generations, died here on Saturday evening of a heart attack. He was 74
and is survived by wife, three daughters and a son.
Family sources said he was suffering from a kidney ailment and
undergoing dialysis. He had recovered from the ailment and was well.
The end came suddenly at 7.30 pm and he died in his sleep, the sources
added.
The Maharashtra government had recently announced the Lata
Mangeshkar Award for his lifetime contribution in the field of playback
music. The funeral will take place on Sunday.
Kapoor was born in Amritsar on January 9, 1934, but soon moved to
Mumbai. He is best remembered for his songs for B.R. Chopra’s films
like Dhool Ka Phool, Gumrah, Waqt, Hamraaz, Dhund among others. Kapoor
was also the voice of Manoj "Bharat" Kumar in movies like Upkar and
Purab aur Paschim, especially in numbers of Mere Desh Ki Dharti. —PTI
Tai (singular Tambodi) are a sect of Muslims in
Gujarat who are weavers by profession. The term 'Tai' in Persian means
weaver which in Gujrat is called 'Vanker'. It is believed that they
were Sindhi Muslims but took their name after the occupation of
weaving. A majority of the male members suffix the name of the
community to their names. Those who migrated to Dholka (Ahmedabad
district) call themselves 'Momin', and those who settled in Ahmedabad
suffix the term 'Shaikh'. These Muslims are believed to have migrated
to Ahmedabad from Nagar Tattah in Sind during the rein of Ahmed Shah.
There are three groups amongst Tai. Tai Vankar are distributed mostly
in Viramgam, Dharangadhra, Ahmedabad and Surat. The Mehodi Tai are
distributed in Dabhoi and Vadodara City. The Tai of Ahmedabad city
claim descent from the legendary Hatim Tai. The Tai of Baroda city,
Dabhoi, Amod, Larach and Naswadi form a separate group called Jamathiya
Mehadiya.
The Tais came into the news recently when it was revealed that SIMI
activists used the backyard of Khumtir (Khuntmir) dargah in Vadodara,
which is popular among the moderate Tais, for training and planning of
terrorist activities in Gujarat.
A little boy ties a rakhi to President
Pratibha Patil on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday.
Raksha Bandhan along with Narli
Poornima, falls on the full moon day in the month of Shravan (July/August).It
celebrates the love of a brother for his sister. On this day, sisters tie
rakhi on the wrists of their brothers to protect them against evil
influences. This is also the day set apart for Brahmins to change their
sacred thread they wear. On this day, fisherfolk pray to the sea god,
appease him by offering coconuts, before venturing into the sea to resume
fishing activity in their freshly painted boats.
Oct. 14: The Nobel Foundation ignored not only Mahatma Gandhi but also India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, one of 20th century’s leading statesmen, for the peace prize, not once but on 11 occasions.
