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King Janamejaya and
Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi – A Comparative Study

Dr. D. Nagarathinam


Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)

Abstract

King Parikshit was the king of the Kurus, who ruled the kingdom of Hastinapur after the Pandavas and ruled it for a long time truthfully. King was popular among his subjects and was a terror to his enemies. King Janamejaya was the son of King Parikshit.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister (PM) of independent India. He was the chief framer of domestic and international policies during his term as PM between 1947 and 1964. Smt. Indira Gandhi was the only child of Jawaharlal Nehru.

This paper attempts to draw the similarities between Mahabharata King Janamejaya episode and Constitutional scenario of Indira Gandhi. Long arguments in the King’s court or Court of Law became instrumental to change their perception.

Keywords: Veda Vyasa, Sarpa Satra Yagna, Astika, Vaisampayana, Kesavananda Bharathi, Supreme Court of India, Nana Palkivala, S. M. Sikri.

Introduction

The Mahabharatham(1-6) is an ancient Indian epic where the main story revolves around two branches of a family – the Pandavas and Kauravas- who, in the Kurukshetra War, battled for the throne of Hastinapura. The Mahabharatham, that is, the great Bharata, is one of the two most important ancient epics of India. One of the Indian great sages (rishi) named Vyasa is believed to have composed the work. He is also sometimes called Veda Vyasa or Krishna Dwaipayana. Vyasa is also considered to be one of the seven Chiranjivins (long lived, or immortals), who are still in existence according to Hindu belief. The legend states that the Lord Ganesh wrote the Mahabharata while Vyasa dictated the same. The epic contains about 110,000 couplets in eighteen sections. Sage Vyasa taught this epic to his son Suka and his students Vaisampayana and others. The Pandavas ruled for 36 years, after which they abdicated in favour of Abhimanyu's son, Parikshit. Years later, Parikshit's son succeeded his father as King.

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Dr. D. Nagarathinam
Principal
Theni Kammavar Sangam College of Technology
Theni – 625 534
Tamilnadu
India
dnagarathinam1960@gmail.com

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