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. [2][3]
These projects were part of his vision of development of modern India with a mix of heavy industries and scientific research institutes.[4]
Most of the PSUs and scientific institutions such as the IITs were created by him as part of his vision of modern India.[5]
References
- ↑ "When the big dams came up". The Hindu. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ↑ PSUs: Modern industrial temples of India DNA, 8 October 2009.
- ↑ "Temples of Modern India". The Financial Express. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ↑ Jawaharlal Nehru: Architect of India's modern temples, The Hindu, July , 2003.
- ↑ "I Wrote My Will Across the Sky in Stars". India Today. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2015.