Nepalâs King Suggested That Nepal Be Made An Indian Province, But Nehru rejected It: Pranab Mukherjee Memoir
Former president Pranab Mukherjee. (Arvind Yadav / Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
The late President Pranab Mukherjee says in his autobiography, 'The Presidential Years,â that the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru rejected an offer to make Nepal a province of India, reports
News 18.
"After the Rana rule was replaced by the monarchy in Nepal, he wished for democracy to take root. Interestingly, Nepalâs king, Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah, had suggested to Nehru that Nepal be made a province of India. But Nehru rejected the offer on the grounds that Nepal was an independent nation and must remain so,â writes late Mukherjee in his latest autobiography.