Within days of PM Modi announcing cessation of INR 500, and 1000 notes as legal tenders, politicians and media persons from every nook and cranny of our vast country got busy in to letting us know, how we have been subjected to great ‘inconvenience’ by the PM! True, we have had to wait outside banks for long hours, we have had to forego some of our shopping plans, we have had to go for austerity in family celebrations et al. So, they are factually right. We have been ‘inconvenienced’! Then, why did PM Modi did it? Does he stand to gain (politically) by ‘inconveniencing’ people? At best, it may turn people against him, then, why did he do it? When I started thinking around these questions, another question popped up in my mind – is he the first PM to put his countrymen in to ‘inconvenience’? Confused? Seek guidance from history! And, that’s what I did. I found plethora of examples when great leaders of India have resorted to measures wherein ‘inconvenience’ of people was n