Is it true that Gandhiji objected to the decision of the cabinet and insisted that the Somnath Temple should be reconstructed out of public funds, not government funds, when in January 1948 he pressurized Nehru and Patel to carry on renovation of the Mosques of Delhi at government expenses?

zaman89

Gandhi did indeed suggest that funds for the construction of the Somnath Temple be collected from the public. http://www.hvk.org/specialrepo/bjpwp/ch1.html However, Gandhi AND Nehru pressurized Patel to carry on renovations of the Mosques of Delhi at government's expense. http://www.indiafirstfoundation.org/Glimpses%20of%20Indian%20History/Articles/Didyouknow_m.htm May 23 08, 4:20 PM

ChinaCatmama

According to this article Gandhi did hold such an objection to government funding of rebuilding the Somnath Temple. http://www.newindpress.com/Column.asp?ID=IE220060130205335&P=old "The Indian Cabinet presided over by Jawaharlal Nehru decided, as proposed by Sardar Patel, to rebuild at Government’s cost and as a symbol of recalling the spirit of India, the Somnath temple, that was repeatedly devastated by religious intolerance. This was something similar to what Eva Morales and Koizumi are doing now. But Mahatma Gandhi advised Sardar Patel that the people, not the government, should fund the construction. So a private trust created with Kulapati K.M. Munshi, a Minister in Nehru’s cabinet, as a trustee, constructed the temple." May 23 08, 4:31 PM