“The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

The Light Has Gone Out (1948)
Context: The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. The light that has illumined this country for these many years will illumine this country for many more years, and a thousand years later, that light will be seen in this country and the world will see it and it will give solace to innumerable hearts. For that light represented something more than the immediate past, it represented the living, the eternal truths, reminding us of the right path, drawing us from error, taking this ancient country to freedom.

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Indian lawyer, statesman, and writer, first Prime Minister … 1889–1964

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