Ep. 134: Kashmir and Article 370
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Reluctance of Nehru to Use Violence
Eru's reluctance to use violence at any point, because he sensibly realized that the unintended consequences are harsh. He also had a fear that any use of violence by the state could have subsequent repercussions in the rest of the country and end up in communal violence. But his hand was forced by the violence used by the razakars, which were the sort of the militant wing of the fundamentalist party out there. And ultimately, the razaks just sort of carried out so many attacks and so much violence that Nehru's hand was forced.
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