M. C. Davar: Difference between revisions

Davar was an advocate of peace between India and Pakistan, leading a goodwill mission to Pakistan in 1955 and advocating a no war pact between the two nations as president of the council of Indo-Pakistan affairs. His proposal for a confederation with Pakistan, made in 1956, was endorsed by [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] Jawaharlal Nehru. Following the [[Bangladesh War|birth of Bangladesh]] in 1971, Davar expanded the proposal for the confederation to include [[Bangladesh|that country]] as well.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dr M C Davar: A Revolutionary Visionary|url=http://www.centralchronicle.com/epaper/archives/2013-04-24/ccpaper6.pdf|accessdate=18 April 2014|newspaper=Central Chronicle|date=24 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419025320/http://www.centralchronicle.com/epaper/archives/2013-04-24/ccpaper6.pdf|archive-date=19 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Passionate advocate of subcontinental amity|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/passionate-advocate-of-subcontinental-amity/article4651250.ece|accessdate=18 April 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 April 2013}}</ref>

Although a supporter of close ties between India and China, he became a bitter critic of China after the [[Indo-China War of 1962]] during which he made an appeal to every family to donate 'one man and one [[Tola (unit)|tola]] gold' to defeat the Chinese forces.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lecture on India-Pak friendship to mark 100th birth anny of late Gandhian M C Davar|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/lecture-on-india-pak-friendship-to-mark-100th-birth-anny-of-late-gandhian-m-c-davar/|accessdate=18 April 2014|newspaper=The Daily Excelsior}}</ref> Throughout his career Davar was a supporter of Jawaharlal Nehru, campaigning for him at [[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]] in the [[General elections in India|General elections]] of 1952, 1957 and 1962 and later campaigning for [[Vijayalakshmi Pandit]] in the by-election of 1964 necessitated by Nehru's demise. Following Nehru's death, Davar advocated the establishment of a Nehru Peace Foundation to promote [[disarmament]] and universal peace.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dr M C Davar: A Revolutionary Visionary|url=http://www.centralchronicle.com/epaper/archives/2013-04-24/ccpaper6.pdf|accessdate=18 April 2014|newspaper=Central Chronicle|date=24 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419025320/http://www.centralchronicle.com/epaper/archives/2013-04-24/ccpaper6.pdf|archive-date=19 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He contested against [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]] in the Presidential Election of 1967 but failed to win any votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FROM 1952 TO 1997|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=18 April 2014}}</ref>  

== Death and commemoration ==