Temples of modern India

Temples of modern India was a term coined by India's first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru while starting the construction of the Bhakra Nangal Dam[1] to describe scientific research institutes, steel plants, power plants, dams being launched in India after independence to jumpstart scientific and industrial progress.Dams are known as temples of modern India . Temples of Modern India, Financial Express, August 16, 2003.</ref>[2] These projects were part of his vision of development of modern India with a mix of heavy industries and scientific research institutes.[3]

Most of the PSUs and scientific institutions such as the IITs were created by him as part of his vision of modern India.[4]

References

  1. ↑ [https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/when-the-big-dams-came-up/article7013509.ece When the big dams came up
  2. ↑ PSUs: Modern industrial temples of India DNA, October 8, 2009.
  3. ↑ Jawaharlal Nehru: Architect of India's modern temples, The Hindu, July , 2003.
  4. ↑ "I Wrote My Will Across the Sky in Stars". India Today. 6 December 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
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