Uttam Sinha
In his well researched book, scholar and author Uttam Sinha brings out in fascinating detail how senior Cabinet minister N V Gadgil differed with Jawaharlal Nehru over the giving Pakistan too much leeway in sharing river waters after the 1947-48 war. Extracts follow:
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