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FAMOUS SLOGANS AND PHRASES GIVEN BYFOR INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS RENAISSANCE LEADERS
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K L Rao
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Dr.A P J Kalam
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Sardar Vallabhai patel
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jawaharlal Nehru once said that Dams are the Temples of Modern India. He gave much importance to dams because they could play a major role in integrating agricultural development and the rural economy with the fast growth of the urban economy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jawaharlal Nehru proclaimed the dams as the ‘temples of modern India’; because the dams would integrate the agricultural development and the village economy with rapid industrialisation and growth of the urban economy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Having realised the importance of dams, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru described them as the “Temples of modern India". Reservoirs created by dams suppress floods and provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jawaharlal Nehru proudly proclaimed the dams as the ‘temples of modern India’ as it was felt that, the construction of large dams would solve many problems of India. It would result in the generation of electricity, would provide water for irrigation to the farmers, supply water to household and industries.
Detailed explanation-5: -The project was formally inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of independent India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 13th January 1957.