‘We must not set India free – at least for their sake… because, I believe Indians cannot rule themselves,’ said Winston Churchill in vain as he was forced to mover over. We whooped in celebration after we had India for ourselves.
When we at last had our nation in our own hands, there was a lot to think and work. We had to draw border lines to separate the states. We had to write a new constitution which, reports say, was not that difficult. When Nehru sat with his brand-new cabinet ministers to analyze and interpret all these together, his head started to spin....
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