Socialist Perspectives of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Abstract

Socialism is a popular concept in the modern world. The idea of Socialism has been prevailing in the globe since the ancient times. But it was not studied and adopted scientifically. It was Karl Marx who evolved the term in systematic way and analysed the whole concept of Socialism from the logical point of view. His two great works in the form of Communist Menifesto and Das Capital published in 1848 and 1867 respectively is regarded as the earmark in the development of Scientific Socialism. The idea of Socialism became popular with the innovative philosophy like class less society and community life. The freedom fighters of India were largely influenced from this concept. Many Indian leaders including Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru too influenced with Marxian view of Socialism and as such he worked for establishment of a Socialistic Society in India. Therefore, we have come forward with this discussion to focus key points of Pandit Nehru’s perspectives of Socialism in India.