Allahabad, 11, 15

Anarchists, 78

Arthashastra, 49-50

A

Assumptions of the study, 4; basis for,

4-8

Aurobindo, 183

B

Balance, concept of, 63, 136, 179-81
Bentham, Jeremy, 43
Besant, Mrs. Annie, 13
Biographical data on Nehru:

childhood, 11-12; education, 12-13;
first political activities, 13-14; mar-
riage, 14; experience with the pea-
sants, 14; in non-co-operation move-
ment, 14-15; Gandhi's influence dur-
ing early 1920s, 15; 1926 visit to
Europe and influence of socialism,
15-17; Congress and trade-union
activities, 18; writings during prison
terms of early 1930s, 19-24, 77; death
of his wife, 26; 1936 address to Con-
gress, 26-8; series of disappointments,
29-30;disillusionment with U.S.S.R.,
30-1; The Discovery of India, 32-5;
Interim Government formed, 36;
independence and drafting of Con-
stitution, 36-7; major developments
in his political thought since 1947,
37-9

Centralization, 48-9, 124-5
Chinese thought, 33

Civil code, uniform, 162-6
Class struggle, 22, 64, 105-6
Classless society, 60, 64, 105, 107
Collectivism, 124-5

Commonwealth of Nations, 37

Communalism, 3, 24, 75, 79, 89-91,
150-2, 172; and Muslim League, 7,
29, 36, 155

Communism, 16, 22-4, 26-8, 34, 43, 46,
73, 110; see also Marxism, Socialism
Communist Party of India, 78-9
Compromises, need for, 58
Compulsory acquisition of land, 133-45
Conclusions of the study:

characteristic emphases of Nehru's
thought, 177-81; Ñehru as a political
thinker, 181-3

Conflict and balance, concept of, 63,
136, 179-81

Congress, Indian National:

joined by Nehru, 13; meets Gandhi
at Lucknow Congress, 13; Nehru
General Secretary of, 14; Nehru Pre-
sident of, 18, 28; resolutions of
Karachi Congress, 19, 52, 73-4, 78,
150; address to Lucknow Congress,
26-8; Gandhi's arbitrary rule over,
29; leadership within, 8; rejects Gov-
ernment of India Act of 1935, 28;
passes Quit India resolution, 32; and
co-operation with Praja Socialists,
55; 1951 Election Manifesto, 124,
152; Avadi Congress, 130-1
Congress of Oppressed Nationalities, 16
Consistency, test of, 5-6
Constitution of India:

work in Constituent Assembly, 36-8,
44-5, 50, 161-2; Objectives resolu-
tion, 38, 45-6, 110; conflict between
Directive Principles and Fundamen-
tal Rights, 60, 62-3, 140-1; constitu-
tional basis of secular state, 52, 157-
9; article 15, 168-9; article 19, 92-6;
article 31, 135-41; article 42, 163;
First Amendment Bill, 62, 93-6,
168-9; Fourth Amendment Bill, 5,
141, 144

Constitution of Pakistan, 150, 152-3,
159

Cottage industries, 128

Cow slaughter controversy, 6-7, 170-2
Cripps Proposals, 32

D

Dayabhaga school of Hindu law, 163
Delhi Agreement (Nehru-Liaquat Pact)
90-1

Delhi Pact, 19
Democracy:

sources of Nehru's ideas about it,
37-8, 43, 74; in ancient Indian tradi-
tions, 19, 45, 49-50, 65; in relation
to socialism, 19-20, 37-8, 47, 51, 59-
60, 106-7; deeper probing of its
meaning since independence, 37-8;
various definitions of, 44, 59, 61,
66-7; defined as individual freedom,
45-9, 71-80, 91-2; defined as re-
presentative institutions, 49-59; as
economic and social equality, 59-63,
108-14; as social self-discipline, 63-5,
75-7, 91-2; related to freedom and
equality, 61-3; related to freedom
and order, 47-8; related to political
leadership, 54-8; related to freedom
and centralization, 48-9, 125-6; as
government by the unthinking
masses, 45, 53-4; versus totalitar-
ianism, 46-7, 120; summary of
Nehru's definitions of, 66-7
Dewey, John, 29
Dharma, 65

Directive Principles of State Policy, 60,
62-3, 110, 140-1, 167, 170
Discovery of India, ideas of, 28, 32-5

78, 150; conflict with Directive Prin-
ciples, 60, 62-3; background of
Nehru's conception of, 71-5; Nehru's
basic approach to, 75-7; regarding
personal liberty, 77-80; and the
Preventive Detention Act, 80-84;
and freedom of the press, 84-96; and
Article 19 of the Constitution, 92-6;
summary of Nehru's views on, 96-7;
criticism of Nehru's views on, 84

G

Gandhi, Mohandas K.:

Nehru's first meeting with, 13; in-
fluence on Nehru during 1920s, 15;
during 1930s, 24-6; withdraws civil
disobedience, 26; his decisions im-
posed on Congress, 29; his ideas on
democracy, 183; his ideas on social-
ism, 25; his ideas on industrialization,
15, 25; influence on Nehru regard-
ing peaceful methods, 58, 65; em-
phasized individual salvation not
society, 25, 113; his ideas on land
reform, 25, 133; influence on Nehru
regarding secular state, 154-7; his
veneration for the cow, 170
Garibaldi, 12

Government of India Act, 28, 74
Glimpses of World History, ideas of,

19-24

P

Pakistan, India's relations with, 36-7,
90-1, 95-6

Patel, Sardar Vallabhbhai, 8
Peasants, problems of, 14, 103, 131-4
Planning, 107, 117, 121; National
Planning Committee, 29; Planning
Commission, 124, 126; see also Five
Year Plan

Political parties:

Nehru's criticism of England's party
system, 54; criticism of Nehru's
views on, 55-6

Political theory and the politician, 4-8,
56-8

Pragmatism in Nehru's thought, 23,
35, 39, 119-22

Press, freedom of, 84-5; modern condi-
tions relating to, 85-91; report of the
Press Commission, 85-91; in rela-
tion to Article 19, 92-6; summary
of Nehru's views on, 96-7
Preventive Detention Act, 80-4
Private Sector, 123-9

Production, importance of, 39, 106,
122-3, 142-3

Profit motive, 112-14