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dated August 2, 1956: India's basic language

Describing Sanskrit as the strongest cultural manifestation of the Indian people, Prime Minister Nehru said in Poona on August 1 that this basic language continued to condition India as a whole whatever her political shape. The Prime Minister was speaking on the occasion of the publication of three volumes of a critical edition of the Mahabharata by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. He drove straight to the Bhandarkar Institute from the airport, accompanied by the Governor and the Chief Minister. He told the gathering at the Institute that when he left for Poona he wanted to get out of the "dust of politics" and get into the "realm and region of thought." He came to Poona to visit the Institute for which he had admiration and, secondly, to be associated with the auspicious day connected with the birth centenary celebrations of Lokamanya Tilak. He then referred to Sanskrit and said it was this language which imparted wisdom to the Indian people. Sanskrit was not merely the distinguished feature of India of the past, it was of the greatest importance during thousands of years of Indian history.

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