issue of plebiscite for
issue of letting go to Pakistan
a mystery in Nehru’s political life
a symbol of division
value for India
Kashmiri Brahmins
Katanga secession
Kaul, B.M. (General)
Kaul, Raj
Kaunda, Kenneth David
Kaur, Rajkumari Amrit
died
Kennedy
assassination
Kenyatta, Jomo
Khan, Liaqat Ali
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich
Kidwai
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Korean war (1950–53)
Kotelawala, John Lionel (General Sir)
Kripalani, Jivatram Bhagwandas
Kripalani, Sucheta
Krishna Menon
Krishnamachari, V.T. (Sir)
Krishnamurti, J.
Krishnan, Madhaviah
L
Land ceiling legislation
Landlords, abolition of
Laotian Civil War
Laski, Harold Joseph
Laurent, Louis Stephen St
Le Corbusier, planner of Chandigarh
Liberal humanism
Licence and permits raj
Lincoln, Abraham
speech at Gettysburg
Linlithgow
Lolita,
Lothian, Lord
Lutyens
M
MacCartney-MacDonald Line
MacDonald, James Ramsay
Macmillan, Harold
Macoute, Tonton
Mahmud, Syed
Malan, Daniel François
Malan–Menzies axis
Marwari magnates
Marxism
Nehru’s version of
Massacres,
in Bihar and Orissa
after partition
McCarthy
McMahon Line
Mende, Tibor
Menon, Krishna (Vengalil Krishnan Krishna)
big faults of
borough councillor for St Pancras
communist association of
dismissal from Government
Dulles Bad Man
editor of Pelican Books
fall of
family background of
high commissioner to UK
member of Labour Party
Nehru’s preference for
role in Goa affair
speech in Parliament
virtues of
Menuhin, Yehudi
Menzies, Robert Gordon
Michiko (Princess of Japan)
Milton, John
Mobutu, Joseph
Mohammed, Bakshi Ghulam
Molina, Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
Mongolian tribes
in Nagaland
Mookerjee, Syama Prasad
Moon, Penderel (Sir)
Divide and Quit,
Moravia, Alberto
Morris, William
Mountbatten (Lord)
Mountbatten (Lady)
Muhammad, Malik Ghulam
Mundhra, Haridas
Muslim League
Muslim-Hindu—frenzy in the 1920s and 1930s
Mussolini
Mutiny
N
Nagas rebellion
Naipaul, V.S., An Area of Darkness,
Naoroji, Dadabhai
Napoleon
last years of
Narayan, Jayaprakash
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
Nationalism
Nationalist agitation
NATO
Nazi
Nazimuddin, Khawaja (Sir)
Nazism
NEFA
India’s claim to
Nehru, Bhansa Dhar
Nehru, Ganga Dhar (grandfather)
Nehru, Jawaharlal, achievements as Prime Minister
scaling down of
of construction and reconstruction
acts of secret benevolence
aesthetic and elegant
after Chinese aggression
after Goa invasions
agitations against
ambivalence for
Anticlimax as prime minister
appreciation for Buddhism
approach to China
aristocratic liberal humanist
authoritarian temperament of
author’s last official business with
bêtes noires,
called to Bar in 1912
capacity for work
as congress president
Cha Cha for children
charges of Machiavellianism on
children born to
and Chou En-lai, personal dislikes of see also Chou
En-lai
comment on Lenin’s corpse
and communism
concern with international relations
conflicts with other leaders
criticism in west
Goa planner
Goa policy of
criticism of
daily routine of
declining health of
destroyer of Gandhism and British raj
destructive and constructive side of
died
ashes immersed in Sangam
cremation ceremonies
funeral procession of
dilemmas of
in different roles and moods
distrust in Pakistan see also Pakistan
drawn to Buddhism
and Dulles, differences between
education and schooling
Englishman in
family name, origin of
family troubles of
fatherliness to Sheikh Abdullah’s son
a fine orator
first aeroplane flight of
first prime minister of India
first prison sentence to
first visit to the United States
foreign policy of, three concerns of
fury against British raj
Gandhi’s political heir
good manners of
goodness of
half-gentle, half-wry smile of
at Harrow School
holding many offices
in holiday mood
humourless enthusiasm of
ideas on communism
illnesses in life
imprisonment,
intellectual endowment of
intolerant of opposition
joined independence movement
justifying Chinese Tibet invasion
Kashmiri Brahminism of
kidney ailment in 1962
last journey
last year’s sadness on
legal background of
life in prison
life in last months
loneliness of,
loss of status over Goa
love for machines
a man of voltes-faces,
marriage to Kamala
mental power of
a miracle of health
a mixture of distinction and charm
monopolising foreign affairs
effects of
monopoly cracked
the myth
nationalism of
nature of detachment
an open and full mind of
outbursts of temper
in Parliament
as prime minister
personal background
personal kindness of
policy for China
policy of non-alignment
political career launched
popularity with Indian masses
prejudices and illusions of
as Prime Minister of India
achievements of
irony of inescapable inconsistencies
protection to minorities
protector of Muslim minority
public homage to
qualities of a ruler
and
Rajendra Prasad, relationship between see also Prasad, Rajendra
in ruins
as a ruler
crowing achievements of
relationship with,
Gandhi
Kamala
Krishna Menon
residence of
stream of visitors at
and Sheikh Abdullah see also Abdullah, Sheikh
sang froid lost
security of
shortcomings of
socialism of
speeches
at Amritsar
to Commonwealth Press Union in Delhi
on foreign affairs
at Gandhi assassination
on Goa affair
on Indo-Pak relations
obituary speech on Stalin
at parliament
on peace
against slums
on spirituality
stand on Kashmir
statements on Goa
synthesis of India and Europe
a theosophist
at Trinity College, Cambridge
traits of
tributes to
an un-Indian nationalist
upbringing of
Islamic flavour on
vanity
varied roles in Government
variousness of
vision of modernised India
visit to Pakistan
visit to President Kennedy
a Western humanist
a wily politician
will of
worldview about
writings of
A Bunch of Old Letters,
An Autobiography,
Discovery of India,
Eighteen Months in India,
Glimpses of World History,
India and the World,
Soviet Russia,
Unity of India,
yearnings for pacificism
years in jail
years of upbringing
Nehru, Motilal (father)
born in Agra
died
education of
enthusiastic Westerniser
marriage of
personality of
Nehru, Nandlal
Nehru, Kamala (Kaul)
died
Nehru, Lakshmi Narayan (great-grand father)
New York Times,
Newman, Cardinal
Nkrumah, Kwame
Non-alignment,
criticism of
and realpolitik
Nehru’s faith in
Non-aligned powers, conference of
O
Oliphant, Marcus (Sir)
P
Pakistan,
China’s support for
creation of
heads of state of
joining SEATO and CENTO
Nehru’s distrust in
one party regime in
– Rajasthan border, smuggling across
set up of
a theocratic state
United States military aid to
Panch Sheel
five principles of peaceful coexistence
Panchen Lama
Pandit, Vijayalakshmi
Panikkar, K.M.
Asia and Western Dominance,
famous phrase of
Pant
death of
Parliamentary democracy
Partition of,
Bengal
Ireland
Patel, Vallabhbhai (Sardar Patel)
Patil, S.K.
Phu, Dien Bien
Pillai, N.R.
Pitt
PL
Planning Commission
Pope John XXIII, Pacem in Terris,
Praja Socialist Party
Prakasa, Sri
Prasad, Rajendra (Dr)
relationship with Nehru
Preventive detention
Principle of cuius region eius religio,
Public Law
Punjab,
corruption and abuse of power in
situation in
Q
Quit India movement in 1942
R
Radhakrishnan
Rajagopalachari (Rajaji)
critical of Nehru’s policies
first Indian governor-general
founded Swatantra party
a natural writer
and Nehru
on Nehru’s death
opposition to race
relations with DMK
religious views of
virues of
writing his Swarajya articles
Ramakrishna Mission Institute
Rani, Swarup (mother)
Ravel
Realpolitik
Religious hatred
Renaissance popes
Rolland, Romain
Mahatma Gandhi,
Roosevelt, F. D.
Russell, Bertrand
Russian revolution
tenth anniversary celebrations of
S
Saklatvala, Shapurji
Salazar, António de Oliveira
Santhanam committee
report on Corruption
Santhanam, K.
Sapru, Tej Bahadur (Sir)
Sarvodaya movement
Schleswig-Holstein
SEATO
Security Council
meeting on Kashmir
Shastri, Lal Bahadur
as Nehru’s deputy
as prime minister
Shaw, Bernard
Smuts, Jan Christian
St Laurent
St Pancras Arts Festival
Stalin
last years of
death of
Sudetenland
Suez affair
Sukarno, (President of Indonesia)
Swarajya,
Swatantra party see also
Swift’s dictum
T
Tanvir, Habib
Teen Murti Bhavan
Thapar
The Independent,
Theosophical Society
Thermonuclear weapons
Thimayya, Kodandera Subayya (General)
Tibet,
Chinese occupation of
India’s policy on
notion of a buffer state
occupation by China see also China
Times,
Toller, Ernst
Toynbee
Trade unionism
Treaty of Rome
Trieste
Trujillo
Truman, Harry S.
Four Point speech
Tshombe, Moise
U
U Nu
U Thant
United Nations (UN)
contributions of
India’s plea for China
Nehru’s regards for
Unemployment
Unionised labour
United Goan Party
V
Village democracy
W
Wain, John, Encounter,
War and Peace,
Wavell (Lord)
Wells
White Australia policy
White Books
White House
White papers
on Sino-Indian relations
World Bank
World Council of Churches meeting
Nehru’s plea at
World War II
Wright brothers
Z
Zaidi, Qudsia
Zeppelin’s airship
A note on the author
Walter Russell Crocker was an Australian scholar and diplomat. He was born in 1902 and educated at the University of Adelaide, Balliol College, Oxford and Stanford University. From 1952 to 1970 Sir Walter served Australia with distinction for eighteen years as ambassador in a variety of countries including India (1952–1955 and 1958–1962), Indonesia, Canada, Nepal, Belgium and the Netherlands, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and I
taly. Following his retirement from the diplomatic service in 1970, Sir Walter returned home to Adelaide where he served as a member of the Council of Adelaide University from 1971–1978. In 1973 he was appointed lieutenant governor of South Australia, a position he held until 1982. He was appointed KBE in 1978. Sir Walter was a prolific writer publishing numerous magazine articles, lectures and books during his career. Nehru: A Contemporary’s Estimate was published in 1966.