Nehru-Bhabha's 'scientific fusion' triggered India's 'nuclear fission'

Mumbai, Nov 13 Barely months after India attained Independence, the fledgling nations first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, was already dreaming about building a nuclear power plant as one of the ‘modern temples to boost the countrys future development.

In this endeavour, Nehru found a doyen, Mumbai's legendary scientist, Dr Homi Bhabha, who, after a trip to Europe, wrote to the Prime Minister in April 1948 on the need for taking the first baby steps towards a peaceable nuclear programme for self-reliance and progress, in the form of the ‘Atomic Energy Commission'