RULING OF INDIA'S FAVOURITE PRINCE

Former Prime Minister Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in his tribute to the first PM of Independent India, Sri Jawaharlal Nehru, said,"एक सपना चकनाचूर हो गया, एक गीत खामोश हो गया, एक लौ अनंत में विलीन हो गई। यह भय और भूख से मुक्त संसार का सपना था, यह एक महाकाव्य का गीत था जिसमें गीता की गूंज और गुलाब की सुगंध थी। यह उस दीपक की लौ थी जो रात भर जलती रही, हर अंधकार से लड़ती रही, हमें मार्ग दिखाती रही और एक सुबह निर्वाण प्राप्त कर लिया। भारत माता आज शोक में डूबी हैं - उन्होंने अपने प्रिय राजकुमार को खो दिया है। मानवता आज दुखी है - उसने अपने भक्त को खो दिया है। शांति आज बेचैन है - उसका रक्षक अब नहीं रहा। दलितों ने अपना आश्रय खो दिया है। आम आदमी की आंखों की रोशनी चली गई है।"

Vajpayee ji described Nehru ji as India's Favorite prince. Why?

It is not without reason. If you want to learn about them, then please go through the following humongous development activities during his regime as PM-

Developments in the Educational Sector-

🎓 Central / National Institutes Established (1947–1964)

Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)

These were created by the Government of India as premier engineering and technology institutes.

1. IIT Kharagpur – Established in 1951 (first IIT) under the Institutes of Technology Act.

2. IIT Bombay – Established in 1958.

3. IIT Madras – Established in 1959.

4. IIT Kanpur – Established in 1960 (operations began in 1959).

5. IIT Delhi – Established in 1961.

Medical Education & Research

1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi – Established in 1956 by an Act of Parliament as a central medical institute of excellence.

Management Education

1. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta) – Established in 1961 as India’s first management institute.

2. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) – Established in 1961

Film & Media

1. Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune – Established 1960 as a government educational institute for cinema and television.

Design & Related Fields

1. National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad – Established 1961 as a government-initiated design school.

Other Government-Led Academic Entities

• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry – French-established before independence; taken over and renamed by India in 1964.

  STATE UNIVERSITIES ESTABLISHED BETWEEN 1947 AND 1964-

  • 1947: University of Rajasthan; Panjab University (re-established)

  • 1948: Gauhati University

  • 1950: Karnatak University

  • 1952: Bihar University

  • 1954: Sri Venkateswara University

  • 1955: Jadavpur University, Sardar Patel University

  • 1956: Kurukshetra University

  • 1957: Vikram University; Gorakhpur University