How did Nehru feel about foreign origin?

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In1950 the then Maharaja of Indore, Yashwant Rao Holkar, wanted his son Richard, born of his American wife, to succeed him as the ruler of Indore. However, the then Prime Minister  Jawaharlal Nehru (along with Patel and Rajendra Prasad) objected, making it clear that the son of  his foreign wife could not succeed him. Hence, even though unprecedented, Maharaja's daughter,  Usha Raje Holkar, born of his Hindu wife, was made the inheritor of Indore throne.
 

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