Q. Who among the following proclaimed dams as the “Temples of Modern India”?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Notes: Temples of modern India was a term coined by India’s first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru for dams. He used the term while starting the construction of the Bhakra Nangal Damto describe scientific research institutes, steel plants, power plants, dams that were being launched in India after independence to jumpstart scientific and industrial progress.

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