He remained the undisputed leader of Indian Muslims to the very end despite the many ways in which he let them down. The trauma of Partition, the disappointment over the abolition of zamindari, the pogroms against Muslims in Hyderabad and Kashmir, all of which took place on Nehru’s watch, were enough to shake the faith of Muslims in ‘Pandit Nehru’, as we affectionately addressed him. But the community did not desert him.
