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A PUNJAB EDUSAT SOCIETY PRODUCTION
Subject - English
Class - XII
Module - Nehru’s Will and Testament
ANCHOR 1
Hello student
How are you doing today?
I expect you all to be ready for your class.
Well today we are going to start a new but a topic which will appear to be
somewhat similar to what you have done in your previous lesson but you will find
the difference. Before going to the topic let me tell you the learning objectives.
s[;hI nZi eh eo oj/ j'. w/ok f]nkb j? fe s[;hI ;ko/ jh nZi dh ebk; bJh fsnko j'. nZi n;hI
fJZe fpbe[Zb BtK s/ T[j ftFk F[o{ eoB ik oj/ jK, i' s[jk~ fJj th bZr/rk fe fJj sK n;hI
gfjbK gVQ uZ[e/ jK, go ibdh jh s[;hAAI coe ikD ikt'r/ . fJ; s'I gfjbK fe nZi d/ fJ; ftF/
d/ ft;Eko ftZu ikfJnk ikJ/, gfjbK nZi dh ebk; d/ f;Zfynk T[d/F t/y bJhJ/.
VO for LO’s
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this episode students will be able to
• Answer the questions regarding the comprehension
• Answer the questions regarding translation
• Describe about the writer
• Summarise the theme of the lesson
(Show pictures or animation on Jawahar Lal Nehru)
ANCHOR 2

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Students! What did you see in the picture? I hope all of you must be knowing that
Late Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru was the first prime minister of independent India.
He had been the longest serving prime minister of India, who had been the prime
minister for seventeen years. He had done a lot for the development of our
country. So today we will read about Pandit Nehru as a writer. The lesson
‘Nehru’s Will and Testament’ in your Reader Book VI is written by Pandit
Jawahar Lal Nehru. So before reading the lesson let us first know about the
writer.
ftfdnkoEhU, s[;hI s;tho ftZu eh t/fynk j?. w?~ T[whd j? fe s[;hI ;ko/ jh ikDd/ j' fe
gzfvs itkjo bkb Bfjo{ nk}kd Gkos d/ gfjb/ gqXkB wzsoh ;B. T[j ;G s'I tZX ;wkI Gkt
17 ;kbK sZe Gkos d/ gqXkB wzsoh oj/. T[BQK B/ d/F d/ ftek; bJh ekch e[ZM
ehsk.nZi n;hI gzfvs itkjo bkb Bfjo{ ih B{z fJZe b/ye d/ seo s/ gVKr/. s[jkvh Reader
Book VI ftZu doi ‘Nehru’s Will and Testament’ gzfvs itkjo bkb Bfjo{ ih d[nkok
fbfynk frnk j?. gkm gVQB s'I gfjbK nkU fJ; b/ye pko/ ikD bJhJ/.
VO 1
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889 at Allahabad. His
father Motilal Nehru was a famous Allahabad based barrister. Pandit Jawahar Lal
Born: November 14, 1889
Father: Moti Lal Nehru- famous barrister
Mother: Swaroop Rani
Children used to call him Chacha Nehru
Died: May 27, 1964
He was one of the foremost leaders of Indian freedom struggle. He had to go to
jail many times in this struggle. He spent about fourteen years in jail. In jail he
had written several books. The Autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru Towards
Freedom, Letters from a Father to His Daughter, Glimpses of World History, and
The Discovery of India enrich the Indian literature, as do his essays, articles,
speeches, and statements.
• Freedom fighter
• Lawyer
• patriot
(A better pic can be shown. It is just a sample)
• Nehru was very fond of children and children used to affectionately
call him Chacha Nehru.

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• A passionate advocate of education for India's children and youth
• Nehru also launched initiatives such as the provision of free milk and
meals to children in order to fight malnutrition.
• He set up many institutions of higher learning, including the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences, the Indian Institutes of Technology and
the Indian Institutes of Management.
• Nationalist
• Politician
• Secularist
He had been a famous Nationalist, wise politician and a secularist.
Anchor 3
Now look at the text on the screen.
I have received so much love and affection from the Indian people that
nothing that I can do can repay even a small fraction of it, and indeed there can
be no repayment of so precious a thing as affection.
Many have been admired, some have been revered, but the affection of all
the classes of the Indian people has come to me in such abundant measure that
I have been overwhelmed by it.
I can only express the hope that in the remaining years I may live; I shall
not be unworthy of my people and their affection.
To my innumerable comrades and colleagues; I owe an even deeper debt
of gratitude. We have been joint partners in great undertakings and have shared
the triumphs and sorrows which inevitably accompany them.
ANCHOR 4
Students! You have read the text on the screen. In order to comprehend the
passage properly, let’s understand the meaning of some difficult words.
Revered- profoundly honoured-;BwkB fdZsk j?
Abundant- plentiful- pj[s f}nkdk
Overwhelmed- overcome, as with emotions or
perceptual stimuli- pkr' pkr j'Dk

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(Make animation or show pictures to make the meanings clear of the
following)
Inevitably -Certainly - :ehBD jh
Innumerable- countless- nDfrDs
Comrades- a friend or companion-;kEh
Owe- pay, or render (something) in return or
compensation for something
Gratitude- thankfulness - nfj;kB
ANCHOR 5
As you know the meanings of the difficult words so you can easily translate it into
Punjabi. Let us try line by line.
(Translate text into Punjabi also. Both will come on screen simultaneously)
I have received so much love and affection from the Indian people that
nothing that I can do can repay even a small fraction of it, and indeed there can
be no repayment of so precious a thing as affection.
w?~ Gkos d/ b'eK tb' p/jZd fgnko ns/ ngDkgD fwfbnk j?. db/ ftZu i' e[ZM w?
ehsk j? T[j e[ZM th BjhI, ns/ n;b ftZu ;B/j torh pj[w[Zbh uh} dk nfj;kB th BjhI
u[ekfJnk ik ;edk.
Many have been admired, some have been revered, but the affection of all
the classes of the Indian people has come to me in such abundant measure that
I have been overwhelmed by it.
pj[s ;kfonK B/ skohc ehsh j?, eJhnK B/ ;BwkB fdZsk j?, go Gkosh b'eK d/ jo tor tb'
fdZsk frnk ;fseko fJzBQk f}nkdk j? fe w?I fJ; Bkb pkr' pkr j' frnk jK.
I can only express the hope that in the remaining years I may live; I shall
not be unworthy of my people and their affection.

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w?I f;oc fJZe T[whd gqrN eo ;edk jK fe nkgD/ ihtB d/ pkeh ;kbK ftZu w?I nkgD/
b'eK dhnK T[whdK s/ yok T[soKrk.
To my innumerable comrades and colleagues; I owe an even deeper debt
of gratitude. We have been joint partners in great undertakings and have shared
the triumphs and sorrows which inevitably accompany them.
w/o/ nkgD/ nDfrDs ;kEhnk ns/ ;fj:'rhnK, d/ nDfrDs nfj;kBk d/ eo}/ j/m dZfpnk
j'fJnk jK. n;h ;ko/ tZvhnk f}zw/tkohnK ftZu GkJhtkb oj/ jK, ns/ ;cbsktK ns/ d[Zy
;KM/ ehs/ jB, i' :ehBD jh fJzBQK Bkb i[V/ ofjDr/.
ANCHOR 6
Now can you answer the following questions? But first have a look at the
passage once again.
I have received so much love and affection from the Indian people that
nothing that I can do can repay even a small fraction of it, and indeed there can
be no repayment of so precious a thing as affection.
Many have been admired, some have been revered, but the affection of all
the classes of the Indian people has come to me in such abundant measure that
I have been overwhelmed by it.
I can only express the hope that in the remaining years I may live; I shall
not be unworthy of my people and their affection.
To my innumerable comrades and colleagues; I owe an even deeper debt
of gratitude. We have been joint partners in great undertakings and have shared
the triumphs and sorrows which inevitably accompany them.
Q. Name the writer and the lesson from which these lines have been taken.
Ans. These lines have been taken from the lesson ‘Nehru’s Will and Testament’
written by Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Q. What is the debt that Nehru thinks he cannot repay?
Ans. Nehru thinks that he can not repay the dept of affection of the people of
India.
Q. What hope does Nehru express in the passage?
Ans. Nehru expresses the hope of not to be unworthy of his people.

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Q4. Match the words under column ‘A’ with their meanings given under Column
‘B’
Column A Column B
Revered countless
Comrades certainly
Innumerable honoured
Inevitably companions
Let’s check the Ans.
A B
Revered means honoured
Comrades means companions
Innumerable means countless
Inevitably means certainly
ANCHOR 7
Students! Now let us read another passage. Try to understand what
Nehru ji wants to tell in it.
I wish to declare with all earnestness that I do not want any religious
ceremonies performed for me after my death.
I do not believe in any such ceremonies and to submit to them, even as a matter
of form would be hypocrisy and an attempt to delude ourselves and others.
When I die, I should like my body to be cremated.
If I die in a foreign country, my body should be cremated there and my ashes
sent to Allahabad.
A small handful of these ashes should be thrown into the Ganga and the
major portion of them disposed of in the manner indicated below.
No part of these ashes should be retained or preserved.

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Earnestness- Sober sincerity - fJwkBdkoh
Hypocrisy- falseness – gkyzv, egN ftZfdnk
Delude- deceive- X'yk d/Dk
Ashes- powdery remains after burning- n;EhnK
Retained-hold back –;zGkb e/ oZyDk
Preserve-to save -–;zGkb e/ oZyDk
ANCHOR 8
You know the meanings of all the difficult words. Now again read the
passage. What does Nehruji wish in this passage?
I wish to declare with all earnestness that I do not want any religious ceremonies
performed for me after my death.
I do not believe in any such ceremonies and to submit to them, even as a matter
of form would be hypocrisy and an attempt to delude ourselves and others.
When I die, I should like my body to be cremated.
If I die in a foreign country, my body should be cremated there and my ashes
sent to Allahabad.
A small handful of these ashes should be thrown into the Ganga and the
major portion of them disposed of in the manner indicated below.
No part of these ashes should be retained or preserved
The major portion of my ashes should, however, be disposed of otherwise, I want
these to be carried high up into the air in an aeroplane and scattered from that
height over the fields where the peasants of India toil, so that they might mingle
with the dust and soil of India and become an indistinguishable part of India.
ANCHOR 9
So students you must have come to know about Nehru’s will. In these lines
Nehru says that no religious ceremony should be performed for him after his
death.

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If he dies in a foreign country, his body should be cremated there and his ashes
should be sent to Allahabad.
After throwing a handful of these ashes in the Ganga the rest of his ashes
should be scattered over the fields so that they might mix with the soil of India
and become an indistinguishable part of India.
ANCHOR 10
Students! You have noticed that Nehru wanted a handful of his ashes to be
thrown into the Ganga. Did he has some religious attachment with the Ganga?
Certainly not! The Ganga had been very significant for him. Why?
ftfdnkoEhU s[;hI t/fynk fe BfjoP ukj[zd/ ;B fe T[BQK d/ ;oho dh ;[nkj dh fJZe
w[Zmh rzrk ftZu gkJh ikt/. eh rzrk d/ Bkb T[BQK dk e'Jh Xkofwe brkn ;h. :ehBD
Bjh, rzrk ;kv/ bJh pj[s wjstg{oB j?. feT[I, Let’s read the following text and try to
answer.
VO 2 (SHOW PICS/ANIMATION at the background of the red area)
I Ganga and the Jamna rivers in the Allahabad ever since my childhood and, as
I have grown older, this attachment has also grown.
I have watched their varying moods as the season changed, and have often
thought of the history and myth and tradition and song and story that have
become attached to them through the long ages and become part of their
flowing waters.
The Ganga, especially is the river of India, beloved of her people around
which are interwined her racial memories, her hopes and fears, her songs of
triumphs and her victories and her defeats. She changing, every-flowing, and yet
even the same Ganga.
(SHOW PICS/ANIMATION at the background of the red area)
She reminds me of the snow-covered peaks and deep valleys of the Himalayas,
which I have loved so much and of the rich and vast plains below, where my life
and work have been cast.
vast raring thing during the monsoon, broad=--bosomed almost as the
sea, and with something of the sea’s power to destroy, the Ganga has been to
me a symbol and memory of the past of the India, running into the present, and
flowing on the great ocean of the future.

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ANCHOR 11
Students! Did you enjoy the sceneries and reading the text simultaneously? I
hope now you will be able to answer the questions about the significance of
India. You can also get a passage to translate into Punjabi.
And though I have discarded much of past tradition custom and am anxious that
India should rid herself of all shackles that bind and constrain her an divide her
people, and suppress vast numbers of them and prevent the free development of
the body and spirit; though I seek all this, yet I do not wish to cut myself off from
the past completely.
jkbK fe w?I fgSbhnK otkfJsK dk ekch fsnkr ehsk j? ns/ eo fojK jK ns/ fuzss jK fe
Gkos ~ T[BK ;kfonk pzXBK s'I w[es j'Dk ukjhdk j?, fizBQK dh ieV ns/ gkpzdhnK
B/ b'eK ~ tzfvnk j'fJnk j?, ns/ ftFkb ;zfynk ~ dpke/ T[BK d// ;oho ns/ nkswk d/
nk}kd ftek; ~ o'fenk j'fJnk j?, GKt/ fe w?I fJj fJZSk }o{o oZydk jK, go w?I nkgD/
nkg ~ phs/ Bkb'I nbZr BjhI eoBk ukj[zdk.
I am proud of that great inheritance that has been, and is, ours and I am
conscious that I too, like all of us, am a link in the unbroken chain which goes
back to the drawn of history in the immemorial past of India.
w?~ T[; wjkB ftok;s s/ wkD j? fijVh fe ;kvh j?, ns/ w?I fJ; s'I ;[u/s jK fe w?I th
;kfonK d/ tKr nDtzvh eVh Bkb ;zpzfXs jK, fijVh fe Gkos d/ nshs dk fJfsjk; fbZyD ik
ojh j?.
That chain I would not break, for I treasure it and seek inspiration from it.
w?I fJ; eVh ~ s'VBk BjhI ukj[zdk i' fe w?I ;zGkb e/ oZyh j? ns/ fi; sI' w?I gq/oDk b?
Idk jK.
And as witness of this desire of mine and as my last homage to India’s cultural
inheritance, I am making this request, that a handful of my ashes be thrown into
Ganga at Allahabad to be carried to the great ocean that washes India’s shore.

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w/oh fJ; fJZSk dk fynkb eofdnK Gkosh ;fGnkukoe ftok;s bJh w/oh nk]oh FoXKibh
d/ o{g ftZu w?I fJj nghb eodk jK, fe w/oh ;[nkj dh fJZe w[Zmh ~ nbkjkpkd fty/ rzrk
ftZu gkfJnk ikt/, i' fe fJZe wjkB Bdh j?, ns/ Gkos d/ sZNK ~ XI'jdh j?.
ANCHOR 12
Now try to give the answers of the following questions
Q. Why did Nehru want his ashes to be thrown into Ganga? Mention two
reasons?
Ans. Nehru wants his ashes to be thrown into Ganga because
(i) He has been attached to the river Ganga since his childhood.
(ii) The Ganga is a symbol of India’s age-long culture and civilization.
Q. What according to Nehru is the Ganga a symbol of?.
Ans. The Ganga has been a symbol and memory of the past of India running
into the
present and flowing into the great ocean of the future.
Q Why does Nehru want much of past tradition and custom to be discarded?
What part of it does he want to preserve?
Ans. Nehru wants much of past tradition and custom to be discarded which
divide her
people and suppress vast number of them and prevent the free
development of
the body and spirit.
Q. Why did Nehru want his ashes to be scattered over the fields?
Ans. Nehru wanted his ashes to be scattered over the field so that they might
mingle with the dust and soil of India and become indistinguishable part of
India.
Q Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases given.
Options are
A matter of form, attached, concerned, disposed of, major, partners,

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submit, unworthy.
[i] There is a company named Mitra and Chand: Mr. Mitra and Mr. Chand are
the _--------------- who own the company.
[ii] Gandhiji refused to ________________ to any law which he regarded as
unjust.
[iii] They greet each other as __________________,thought, at heart, they
have no love for each other.
[iv] In his will he gave any a small part of his money for work
among lepers and the blinds; but he left the ________________ portion of
his money to his nephew.
[v] Mr. Mehta was leaving his job in Chennai and going to settle down in his
native town; so he ________________all his belongings in Chennai,
selling some, and giving away the rest.
[vi] “So far as I am _____________, I am willing to lend you money, but I don’t
think my partner will agree”.
[vii] She was deeply ______________ to her brother, and was ready to make
any sacrifice for his sake.
[viii] We call Gandhiji the father of the Nation, but we often feel that we
have turned away from the path he showed us and that we are
________________ of him.
Let’s fill the blank with the correct answers.
i) Partners
ii) submit
iii) a matter of fact
iv) major
v) Dispose of
vi) concerned
vii) attached

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viii)Unworthy
Anchor 13
Students! I hope you have liked the episode and have learnt much to get good
marks in your examination. Thanks.
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