Nehru and Cariappa's Tense Relationship Revealed in Letters

A long time ago, India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and its first Army Chief, Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, had a lot of disagreements.

They wrote many letters to each other, which were recently published.

These letters show that they often argued about important things like how to defend India and how to deal with other countries.

Sometimes, Nehru would criticize Cariappa's ideas in public, and Cariappa would write back to defend himself.

They also disagreed about whether the Army should talk about things that weren't directly related to defense.

Even during a war with China in 1962, they still had differences, but they also said nice things about each other in their letters.