SYMBOLIC TORCH
Memorial To Nehru
(N.Z. P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) NEW DELHI. May 27. A torch symbolising Pandit Nehru’s ideals will be taken today to the banks of the Jumna river, where he was cremated a year ago, while Indains honour his memory. The flame, which has been carried 25,000 miles through all the states of India, will then go back to his home, now a Nehru memorial museum, to burn there perpetually. The Prime Minister, Mr Lal Bahadur Shastri, Mr Nehru’s successor, will speak at a public meeting in the Shanti Vana (Forest of Peace) by the Jumna. The anniversary of Mr Nehru’s death has been declared a working day though dedicated to his ideals—because work was his all-absorb-ing passion.
Indians have contributed to a memorial fund which will pay for a Nehru academy for advanced studies and children’s centres in various states.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30762, 28 May 1965, Page 11
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