Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe heaped praise on India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as the county celebrated 75 years of Independence. Speaking at the handover ceremony of a Dornier aircraft from India today, Mr Wickremesinghe said India's "global dominance is a tribute to Pandit (Jawaharlal) Nehru" and he was the one who showed the way forward.