A set of images purportedly showing Jawaharlal Nehru in various situations is going viral across social media. The images are being widely circulated in the context of the 133rd Birth Anniversary of the first Prime Minister of India.
On his 133rd Birth Anniversary, Congress leaders such as Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, alongwith PM Modi, paid eloquent tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru. On this occasion, social media was flooded with users offering tributes and circulating several viral images.
User @VhpSanjeet1108 tweeted the image with the claim that Nehru was captured treating a "rare condition" and referred to him as the "greatest doctor of that time." The post is an allegory for Nehru's purported romantic exploits.
एक दुरलभ बिमारी का शरतिया इलाज करते हुए
— हिदू समराट संजीत कुमार (@VhpSanjeet1108)
उस जमाने के सबसे बडे डाकटर#पेलनटाइन_डे#ठरकी_दिवस #children pic.twitter.com/Lm0iSE5W8X
We conducted a reverse image search on the viral image and came across the same image on the website History Workshop. The image is a part of a review article on Howard Brenton's 2013 play, 'Drawing the Line.' The play is centred on Cyril Radcliffe and his role in the partition of India in 1947.
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