Jawaharlal Nehru had offered Indian citizenship to Oppenheimer
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Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer has marvelously brought the life of American physicist J Robert Oppenheimer into the spotlight. The film has also shed light on Oppenheimer's ties with India. An intriguing aspect that is now being highlighted is that when Oppenheimer was shunned from his own country after he opposed the development of advanced weapons, India's then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, offered him Indian citizenship.
