Chennai: On August 14, 1947 Lord Mountbatten was in Karachi for Pakistan’s Independence Day and he got here to Delhi solely previous 7pm on that day, mentioned senior Congress leader P Chidambaram citing historians on the sengol (sceptre) incident and including that it’s amusing to observe a number of who’re spreading tales which by no means occurred.

The former union finance minister mentioned that historians who’ve chronicled India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the final Governor-General of India C Rajagopalachari have documented what has actually occurred and the remainder isn’t traditionally correct.

“Even yesterday the Tamil Nadu Governor (RN Ravi) told some story about it. But what is the truth? Historians have recorded it,” Chidambaram mentioned at a press convention right here. “According to history, the Tiruvavuduthai Adheenam went by train, not flight, to Nehru’s doorstep on August 14, 1947 evening. They requested to see him and offered this to Nehru as a souvenir. At that time Nehru received several hundred memorabilia. It was all carefully kept in the Allahabad museum. On that day Mountbatten wasn’t even in Delhi. He was in Pakistan and came to Delhi at 7 at night. He changed and came for independence celebrations around 11.30pm and at midnight Nehru made his speech. This is what happened. Historians have written the history. The rest of them add stories to it.”

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He added that they’ve neither “hidden” nor “diminished” what has transpired with the sengol. The gold plated sengol given to Nehru was taken from the museum and handed on by the Tiruvavuduthai Adheenam to Prime Minister Narendra Modi whereas he inaugurated the brand new Parliament on May 28 and he positioned the sengol behind the Speaker.

Several together with Rajagopalachari’s grandson and biographer Rajmohan Gandhi have questioned the sequence of occasions as claimed by the BJP-led union authorities. Union house minister Amit Shah, in a press convention earlier than the inauguration, had mentioned that when Viceroy Lord Mountbatten requested Nehru in regards to the ceremony to be adopted for the switch of energy and he consulted Rajagopalachari, the latter prompt the passing on of the sengol adopted in erstwhile Tamil kingdoms. So the members of the adheenam handed over the sengol to Mountbatten, took it again, sprinkled it with holy water and handed it over to Nehru.

“According to the Modi government, we got independence only after he became Prime Minister. Some of them will even say we had no independence before him,” chided Chidambaram. However, he mentioned that they aren’t in opposition to the sengol being displayed within the parliament however the Congress and 19 different events boycotted it solely as a result of the President of India Droupadi Murmu wasn’t rightfully invited to inaugurate the brand new Parliament.