Temples_of_modern_India Knowpia

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]

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^ "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.

[1] "When the big dams came up". The Hindu. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

[2] PSUs: Modern industrial temples of India DNA, 8 October 2009.

[3] "Temples of Modern India". The Financial Express. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

[4] Jawaharlal Nehru: Architect of India's modern temples, The Hindu, July , 2003.

[5] "I Wrote My Will Across the Sky in Stars". India Today. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

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