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Nehruvian
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English
Etymology
en :af Nehru -v- -ian + 1
Adjective
Of or relating to Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964, and his policies. from 20th c.
en 2017 w:Sunil Khilnani Incarnations 400 Penguin ‘India's villages are the colonies of the city,’ Singh often complained about Nehruvian India.
en 2023 Zareer Masani From Bengal to Bollywood Literary Review 520 Pakistan took a quite different route, pursuing a Western-oriented, free-market approach at a time when India was shackled by Nehruvian autarky, strict state controls and Soviet-style five-year plans.
Derived terms
Nehruvian socialism
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