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Jawaharlal Nehru [b] (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, [2] and statesman who was a ...
Chairman of the Labour Party Anthony Greenwood said, "Mr. Nehru was an outstanding power in working for peace and the world is much poorer for his loss. Our thoughts go out to the Indian people at this tragic moment." He added that he had known Nehru "for more than 30 years" and that his death was "a great loss" [25]
[a] Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the Republic of India until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first post-independence general elections in 1952).
Gangadhar Nehru (1827–1861), a direct descendant of Raj Kaul. He was the last Kotwal of Delhi (equivalent to Chief of Police), prior to the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was the father of freedom fighter Motilal Nehru and grandfather of Jawaharlal Nehru who was the first prime minister of India, thus part of the Nehru family.
Jawaharlal Nehru: First Prime Minister of India: 27 May 1964 Shantivan (Forest of Peace) Lal Bahadur Shastri: Second Prime Minister of India: 11 January 1966 Vijay Ghat (Victory Platform) Sanjay Gandhi: Grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru and former member of parliament: 23 June 1980 Samadhi of Sanjay Gandhi (Tomb of Sanjay Gandhi) Indira Gandhi
Tryst with Destiny, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Independence Day Speech (1947) video by Indian National Congress " Tryst with Destiny " was an English-language speech by Jawaharlal Nehru , the first Prime Minister of India , to the Indian Constituent Assembly in the Parliament House , on the eve of India's Independence , towards midnight on 14 ...
Jawaharlal Nehru, as prime minister 1947-1964, usually with the assistance of Krishna Menon, shaped the new nation's foreign policy.Nehru served concurrently as Minister of External Affairs; he made all major foreign policy decisions himself after consulting with his advisers and then entrusted the conduct of international affairs to senior members of the Indian Foreign Service.
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, often regarded as the architect of modern India, addressing a newly independent India on 15 August 1947. The history of independent India or history of Republic of India began when the country became an independent sovereign state within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947.