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 | Indeed, in a document written in response to the Simon Commission (1927), the Congress leader Motilal Nehru defined the future of British India in terms of the Hindu and Muslim communities alone, despite the fact that Sikhs occupied 19.1 percent of the seats in the Punjab Legislature. |
| These pledges, made by Nehru and Gandhi on behalf of the Congress party, were formalised through a resolution passed by the Indian Constituent Assembly on 9 December 1946. |
| Areas in the south of Punjab that spoke a language that is a derivative of Braj formed a new state of Haryana and the Pahari- and Kangri-speaking districts north of Punjab were merged with Himachal Pradesh, while the remaining areas formed a new state of Punjab. |
| Nehru, Ambassador Braj Kumar, India—Today and Tomorrow (3911 words) |
| Nehru started his official career upon joining the Indian Civil Service in 1934 as the Assistant Commissioner in the Punjab. |
| Nehru also represented India at the United Nations General Assembly from 1949 to 1952; and for three years he was a member of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. |
| NEHRU: I am greatly privileged to be given this opportunity to address so distinguished an audience in this great metropolis of this great country. |
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