Jose Colaco: BTW Marshall, Where did you find this info that Nehru was a 'sick man' soon after the Indo-China war?. Wasn't the event which culminated in his death in 1964, a sudden one?
Response: After so many years I am unabIe to pinpoint the exact source. Whenever I have time, I will try and trace the source. However, I recollect reading in either Lt Gen B M Kaul's (The Untold Story) or M O Mathai's (My days with Nehru) or maybe M C Chagla's(Roses in December) or Brig John Dalvi's (Himalayan Blunder) book that the Chinese invasion took Nehru completely by surprise especially after all that Hindi-Chini bhai- bhai stuff after the Panchasheel declaration. The utter defeat of the Indian army and the loss of territory to the Chinese broke Nehru's spirit. He was not his normal self after that and was a broken man. He slowly deteriorated in health and mind which culminated in his death in 1964. The exact cause of his death is neither here nor there and he well have died from a heart failure. I am open to correction. Regards, Marshall
