[The Hindu]Nehru vs. Patel and the battle for the princely states in independent India
History wars are nothing new — whether in India or almost any country in the world. In recent years, two of the most prominent figures to be caught in the crosshairs of these ideologically-driven skirmishes have been Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel. To his detractors, Nehru’s place in history ...