Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू, Javāharlāl Nehrū) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964), also called Pandit ('Scholar, Teacher') Nehru, was one of the most important leaders of the Indian Independence Movement and the Indian National Congress, and became the first Prime Minister of India when India won its independence on August 15, 1947. Nehru's 17 years as Prime Minister are the most influential of any national leader in the post-independence history of India. An adherent of sociali ...

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• Jawaharlal Nehru - Personal Life
• Jawaharlal Nehru - Socialism and Quit India
• Jawaharlal Nehru - Congress Presidency
• Jawaharlal Nehru - Partition and Independence
• Jawaharlal Nehru - Prime Minister of India
• Jawaharlal Nehru - 1947 to 1952 With Sardar Patel
• Jawaharlal Nehru - The Personal Life of the Prime Minister
• Jawaharlal Nehru - Nehru's policies
• Jawaharlal Nehru - Economic policy
• Jawaharlal Nehru - Foreign Policy
• Jawaharlal Nehru - Home Front
• Jawaharlal Nehru - Legacy
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Jawaharlal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru - Gandhi and the 1920s, Jawaharlal Nehru - Political Attitudes, Jawaharlal Nehru - Rise to Leadership, Jawaharlal Nehru - Personal Life, Jawaharlal Nehru - Socialism and Quit India, Jawaharlal Nehru - Congress Presidency, Jawaharlal Nehru - Partition and Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru - Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru - 1947 to 1952, Jawaharlal Nehru - The Personal Life of the Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru - Nehru's policies, Jawaharlal Nehru - Economic policy, Jawaharlal Nehru - Foreign Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru - Home Front, Jawaharlal Nehru - Legacy, Jawaharlal Nehru - The Nehru Family in Indian Politics, Jawaharlal Nehru - Books Quotes and Trivia

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Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's administration created the policies that formed the backbone of India's social and economic development, national defense and position in world affairs for over four decades. Jawaharlal Nehru - Economic policy. Nehru was fascinated by the Soviet Union's Piatiletka or 5-year plans. But he wrote after a visit there in the 1920s that 'the human costs are unpayable'. A believer in the 'mixed economy' of Harold Laski and influenced by the Fabian Society, Nehru wished the economy of India to be partially capitalist, but with the state occupying a large role, especi ...

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Jawaharlal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru - Early life, Jawaharlal Nehru - Gandhi and the 1920s, Jawaharlal Nehru - Political Attitudes, Jawaharlal Nehru - Rise to Leadership, Jawaharlal Nehru - Personal Life, Jawaharlal Nehru - Socialism and Quit India, Jawaharlal Nehru - Congress Presidency, Jawaharlal Nehru - Partition and Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru - Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru - 1947 to 1952 With Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru - The Personal Life of the Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru - Nehru's policies, Jawaharlal Nehru - Economic policy, Jawaharlal Nehru - Foreign Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru - Home Front, Jawaharlal Nehru - Legacy, Jawaharlal Nehru - The Nehru Family in Indian Politics, Jawaharlal Nehru - Books Quotes and Trivia, Jawaharlal Nehru - See Also

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Dear Children,

I like being with children and talking to them and, even more, playing with them. For the moment I forget that I am terribly old and it is very long ago since I was a child.

But when I sit down to write, I cannot forget my age and the distance that separates you from me. Old people have a habit of delivering sermons and good advice to the young.

(See also: Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

In my travels to different countries, it is always the children, filled with energy and hope, who leave me with the most lasting impression. When I gaze into their deep, clear eyes, I find myself profoundly encouraged. For in the deepest reaches of children's eyes shines the light of purpose, a natural sense of responsibility for the future of our planet.

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Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's administration created the policies that formed the backbone of India's social and economic development, national defense and position in world affairs for decades. Although Nehru's policies were mostly imitation of other coutries', instead of realization of India's uniqueness. Jawaharlal Nehru - Economic policy. Nehru was fascinated by the Soviet Union's Piatiletka or 5-year plans. But he wrote after a visit there in the 1920s that 'the human costs are unpayable'. A belie ...

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Jawaharlal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru - Gandhi and the 1920s, Jawaharlal Nehru - Political Attitudes, Jawaharlal Nehru - Rise to Leadership, Jawaharlal Nehru - Personal Life, Jawaharlal Nehru - Socialism and Quit India, Jawaharlal Nehru - Congress Presidency, Jawaharlal Nehru - Partition and Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru - Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru - Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru - 1947 to 1952 With Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru - The Personal Life of the Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru - Nehru's policies, Jawaharlal Nehru - Economic policy, Jawaharlal Nehru - Foreign Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru - Home Front, Jawaharlal Nehru - Legacy, Jawaharlal Nehru - The Nehru Family in Indian Politics, Jawaharlal Nehru - Books Quotes and Trivia, Jawaharlal Nehru - See Also

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Jawaharlal Nehru served as India's Prime Minister from August 15, 1947, to May 27, 1964 - the day he died. His ideals, vision and leadership would shape the policies that would define India's economic, social and political development for over four decades. Jawaharlal Nehru - 1947 to 1952 With Sardar Patel. Prime Minister Nehru headed a Cabinet that included leaders from across the political spectrum like Syama Prasad Mookerjee and B.R. Ambedkar. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the Deputy Prime Minister of In ...

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Jawaharlal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru - Early life, Jawaharlal Nehru - Gandhi and the 1920s, Jawaharlal Nehru - Political Attitudes, Jawaharlal Nehru - Rise to Leadership, Jawaharlal Nehru - Personal Life, Jawaharlal Nehru - Socialism and Quit India, Jawaharlal Nehru - Congress Presidency, Jawaharlal Nehru - Partition and Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru - Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru - 1947 to 1952 With Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru - The Personal Life of the Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru - Nehru's policies, Jawaharlal Nehru - Economic policy, Jawaharlal Nehru - Foreign Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru - Home Front, Jawaharlal Nehru - Legacy, Jawaharlal Nehru - The Nehru Family in Indian Politics, Jawaharlal Nehru - Books Quotes and Trivia, Jawaharlal Nehru - See Also

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An Autobiography (1936) is an autobiographical book written by the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru while he was in prison. He was concerned that his father, who was a prominent lawyer in India, disapproved of him going to prison, and he started to wonder himself how had ended up here. To sort out this question for himself, he wrote this book. Nehru starts his history with how his ancestors had to flee Kashmir, and then goes on to tell about his own life, with a particular emphasis on th ...

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Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit (िवजयलक्ष्मी नेहरू पण्िडत) (1900 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician. She was the sister of Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Following India's independence from the British in 1947, she became India's envoy to the Soviet Union. She then became India's ambassador to the United Nations. She was the President of the United Nations General Assembly during the year 1953, becoming the first woman to hold that position. She served as governor of Maharashtra from 1962 until 1964. Pandit was a harsh critic of her niece ...

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Ber Sarai is a neighborhood located between Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Munirka area of New Delhi, India. Most of the population of the area is composed of college students, as it is very close to the Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi campus and the Qutab Institutional Area. Other related archivesIndian Institute of Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Munirka, neighborhood

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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (इन्दिरा प्रियदर्शिनी गान्धी) (November 19, 1917 – October 31, 1984) was Prime Minister of India from January 19, 1966 to March 24, 1977, and from January 14, 1980 until her assassination on October 31, 1984. The daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (and not related to Mahatma Gandhi), she was one of modern India's most politicaly notable leaders. Indira Gandhi - Early years. The Nehru family trace their ancestry to the B ...

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• Indira Gandhi - Emergency
• Indira Gandhi - Ouster Arrest and Return
• Indira Gandhi - Terrorism and Assassination
• Indira Gandhi - The Nehru-Gandhi Family
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Third World was a term first coined by Jawaharlal Nehru (First Prime Minister of India), originally to distinguish nations that aligned with neither the West or with the East during the Cold War, including many members of the Non-Aligned Movement. Today, however, the term is frequently used to denote nations with a low UN Human Development Index (HDI), independent of their political status. However, there is no objective definition of Third World or Third World country and the use of the term remains controversial. Latin America, for ...

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Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964): first Prime Minister of independent India. He and his father, Motilal Nehru, were prominent leaders of the nationalist movement and Indian Congress Party from the 1930's.

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Motilal Nehru was born on May 6, 1861 in Delhi, to a Kashmiri Brahmin family. He became one of the first generation of young Indians to receive Western-style college education. Nehru became a barrister and settled in the city of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. With the success of his practice, he built a large family home, the Anand Bhavan. In the 1910s, Nehru was a man of many elitist habits and attitudes, and a Westernized lifestyle, and one of the moderate, wealthy leaders of the Indian National Congress. With the ascent of Mahatm ...

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Motilal Nehru, Motilal Nehru - Early Life, Motilal Nehru - Political Career, Motilal Nehru - Nehru Report, Motilal Nehru - Death and Legacy, Motilal Nehru - Family and Descandants, Motilal Nehru - See Also

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Motilal Nehru twice served as President of the Congress Party. He was also arrested during the Non-Cooperation Movement. Although initially close to Gandhi, he openly criticized Gandhi's suspension of civil resistance in 1922 due to the murder of policemen by a nationalist mob in Chauri Chaura. Motital joined the Swaraj Party, which sought to enter the British-sponsored councils, if only in order to wreck the government. The party fai ...

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Motilal Nehru, Motilal Nehru - Early Life, Motilal Nehru - Political Career, Motilal Nehru - Nehru Report, Motilal Nehru - Death and Legacy, Motilal Nehru - Family and Descandants, Motilal Nehru - See Also

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Motilal Nehru's age and declining health kept him out of the historic events of 1929-1931, when the Congress adopted complete independence as its goal and when Gandhi launched the Salt Satyagraha. He was arrested in 1930, however, after his son was arrested, but was released shortly due to his failing health. He died on February 6, 1931. Nehru is largely remembered for being the patriarch of India's most powerful political family that has produced three Prime Ministers and still controls the Congress Party. The widow of Nehru's great- ...

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Motilal Nehru, Motilal Nehru - Early Life, Motilal Nehru - Political Career, Motilal Nehru - Nehru Report, Motilal Nehru - Death and Legacy, Motilal Nehru - Family and Descandants, Motilal Nehru - See Also

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Founded in 1885 with the object of obtaining a greater share in government for educated Indians, the Indian National Congress was initially not opposed to British rule. The Congress met once a year during the Christmas vacation. Indeed, it was a Scotsman, Allan Octavian Hume, who brought about its first meeting in Bombay, with the approval of Lord Dufferin, the then-Viceroy. Later, however, its demands became more radical in the face of constant opposition from the government, and the party became very active in the independence movement. Du ...

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Indian National Congress, Indian National Congress - The pre-independence era, Indian National Congress - The post-independence era, Indian National Congress - Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress - Indira Gandhi, Indian National Congress - The post-Indira era, Indian National Congress - Indian Prime Ministers from the Congress Party, Indian National Congress - Political accusations

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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India and a close friend of Azad, paying a tribute in the Indian Parliament on 24 February 1958 said: "So we mourn today the passing of a great man, a man of luminous intelligence and a mighty intellect with an amazing capacity to pierce through a problem to it score." Azad is featured on an Indian postage stamp; there are many schools, colleges, roads and hospitals all over India named after him,the most famous of which is the Maulana Azad medical college situated in old del ...

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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Early years, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Journalism and Khilafat, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Movement for India's Freedom, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Partition of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Post Independence, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Writings, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Commemoration, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Quotes, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - See Also

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See Also: Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha, Amritsar Massacre Mohandas Gandhi had shown in South Africa and in 1918 in Champaran, Bihar and Kheda, Gujarat that the only way to earn the respect and attention of British officials was to actively resist government activities through civil disobedience. On two occasions in South Africa, Gandhi had forced the British authorities to repeal oppressive la ...

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Non-Cooperation Movement, Non-Cooperation Movement - Background, Non-Cooperation Movement - Champaran Kheda Khilafat and Amritsar, Non-Cooperation Movement - Satyagraha, Non-Cooperation Movement - Success and Suspension, Non-Cooperation Movement - Aftermath, Non-Cooperation Movement - Redemption, Non-Cooperation Movement - See Also

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The Nehru family is of Kashmiri Brahmin descent. The name "Nehru" is derived from the Hindi "nehar" meaning canal. Pandit Raj Kaul was the ancestor of Jawaharlal Nehru who moved to Delhi from Kashmir at the behest of the then Mughal emperor Farrukhsiar in the early 18th century. A "jagir" (estate) with a house on the banks of a canal was presented to Raj Kaul by the emperor, as it was the custom in those days to donate land to Brahmin scholars (Raj Kaul was a scholar of Persian and Sanskrit). Because of the canal, the family came to be known ...

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Nehru-Gandhi family, Nehru-Gandhi family - Origins, Nehru-Gandhi family - Rise to Power, Nehru-Gandhi family - Other Members, Nehru-Gandhi family - Tradition

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