Indra Mohan Pandey: ‘Panditji just passed by us... I could see him clearly’
India@79: Pandey has watched India move from radio and trunk calls to smartphones and from scarcity and protectionism to liberalisation and globalisation
Indra Mohan Pandey vividly recalls the first time he saw India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on August 15, 1958, at the Red Fort in Delhi. At the time, Pandey was only 11 years old and one of five siblings. He was attending Independence Day celebrations with children from various Delhi schools. Pandey remembered Nehru's presence as he was in the front row, clearly seeing the beloved leader. Nehru had just passed by them and cheered them on.
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