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Also I would like to add another seventh point.
7th mistake was Introduction of the Tertiary Sector Revolution to the regions of the country which has not even seen Primary and Secondary sector revolutions yet.
Humans need time to evolve and adapt, giving modern tech in hands of tribals without evolving them via introduction of agriculture, and later industry and associated value educations, is a great sin towards them and towards the rest of world.
This also bursts the bubble of certain people who claim "Nani Palkhivala was against Adult Franchise", he rather preferred a transition to adult franchise.
1. stupid people shouldnt get to vote, i decide who is worthy
2. too many babies, we needed birth control at the birth of the nation
3. sarkars are too stupid, didnt think of basic education
4. colonial hangover, bring on the sanatani charm
5. same as above, but with a dose of confused anger
6. no civic sense, pooping on the street
First, our greatest initial mistake was to start with adult franchise. No democracy has ever paid, all things considered, a heavier price for adult franchise than India. I am not aware of any great democracy which started as a republic on the basis of adult franchise; allof them started with a more restricted system and then graduated to adult franchise. Two of our greatest statesmen of the earlier years were C. Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. When the Constituent Assembly was in session, both those stalwarts recommended that we should not start with adult franchise but educate our people first to make them worthy of discharging their duties as citizens of a great democracy, but they were outvoted.
The second fatal mistake was to let the population nearly treble, in the absence of any sensible or sound family planning measures and policies. Today the problem has become so acute that whatever gains we achieve on the economic front are negatived by the unbridled population growth.
Thirdly, our most disastrous mistake was not to educate our burgeoning population and make them worthy of their right to vote. Value-based education has no political sex appeal. Our politicians gave the least importance to education, unlike Lee Kuan Yew who vowed to make education the priority of priorities in Singapore. To my mind, it is an unmitigated disgrace that in the Golden Jubilee year of India’s independence more than half of our population is literally illiterate. Official statistics give a more comforting figure, but that is only because according to the official measure of literacy, any person who can write or sign his name, is considered to be literate. Education can only be a long-term programme for the uplift of our nation. Professor Amartya Sen has bluntly said that India will be the only country in the world to enter the twenty-first century with half her population illiterate; and that successive State governments have demonstrated ‘incredible irresponsibility’ with regard to primary education.
This is the one area where the Central and State governments have totally failed the people over the five decades despite the injunction of Article 45 of the Constitution that the state shall endeavour to provide, within a period of ten years from the commencement of the Constitution, for free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of fourteen years.
The fourth major mistake of our Central and State governments was to completely insulate the people from our ancient culture and keep them totally ignorant of the priceless heritage which has never been equaled by any other country.
The fifth mistake, of which we have yet to face the consequences, was not to inculcate among our people a sense of national identity. Indians find themselves totally rudderless, with the nagging question which will not go away – Is India a collection of communities or is it a nation; or, is India a state without a nation? The greatest curse of India is casteism – the scourge which has spread across the country more dangerously than any plague ever did.
The sixth, and the most unforgivable omission of the politicians, has been to let the people think that they are entitled to freedom without a sense of duty and responsibility. By definition, Indians lack discipline and a sense of national dedication. The reason why some other countries, despite their huge population, are able to govern themselves admirably, is that they have a sense of order and discipline. Do we need the emergency to make us realize the paramount importance of discipline? Without such values, can we ever hope to transform India into a great nation?
https://www.wisdomlib.org/history/compilation/triveni-journal/d/doc73729.html
https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-six-fatal-mistakes-of-free-india-2892804