HRD minister’s oops moment, says Nehru and Patel were hanged

August 23, 2016 | Published by : ILT Staff Reporter

Image: File pic of Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhai Patel

New Delhi , Aug 23: May be Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar should brush up on his history!

Speaking at a meeting in Madhya Pradesh, Javadekar said, “The fight for independence that began in 1857 ended 90 years later when we threw the British out. We salute freedom fighters. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel, Pandit (Jawahar Lal Nehru), Bhagat Singh and Rajguru who were hanged.

Uhh, Mr Minister, Indias first prime minister Nehru died of natural causes in 1964. He was 74.

Patel, who went on be independent Indias first home minister, died in 1950 at the age of 75.

Boses death is still a matter of debate. The freedom fighter disappeared after a plane crash in Taiwan in 1945.

Bhagat Singh and Rajguru were indeed executed by the British in 1931.

With his embarrassing gaffe, Javdekar joins the group of BJP leaders including the prime minister himself, who’ve been known for glaring historical mistakes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi did that during Lok Sabha campaign when he said Chandragupta Maurya was from Gupta dynasty.

At a rally in Patna he had said, “When we are reminded of the Gupta Dynasty we are reminded of Chandragupta’s rajneeti.”

In the same rally, Modi had said that ‘Alexander’s army conquered the entire world, but was defeated by the Biharis.’ Alexander’s army, as history books would tell us, never crossed Ganga to be defeated by Biharis.

#WATCH HRD Min Prakash Javadekar says “SC Bose, Sardar Patel, Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru sabhi phaansi par chade”https://t.co/JSgXjcVmAm
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 23, 2016

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