Temples_of_modern_India

<i>Temples of modern India</i>

Temples of modern India

Political phrase

Temples of modern India was a term coined by India's first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru while starting the construction of the Bhakra Nangal Dam[1] to describe scientific research institutes, steel plants, power plants, dams being launched in India after independence to jumpstart scientific and industrial progress. [2][3]

Jawaharlal Nehru at Bhakra in 1953

These projects were part of his vision of development of modern India with a mix of heavy industries and scientific research institutes.[4]

Most of the PSUs and scientific institutions such as the IITs were created by him as part of his vision of modern India.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "When the big dams came up". The Hindu. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. [2]
    PSUs: Modern industrial temples of India DNA, 8 October 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Temples of Modern India". The Financial Express. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. [4]
    Jawaharlal Nehru: Architect of India's modern temples, The Hindu, July , 2003.
  5. [5]
    "I Wrote My Will Across the Sky in Stars". India Today. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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