Jawaharlal Nehru - Rise to Leadership

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 - 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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Upon his release from prison in 1924, Gandhi succeeded in re-uniting the Congress Party and increasing discipline of Congressmen by expanding activities for social reform and the alleviation of India's poor. With the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928, led by the rising nationalist leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Congress was back in the business of revolution. In 1928-29, the Congress's annual session under President Motilal Nehru considered the next step. Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose backed a call for full political independence, whil ...

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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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Upon his release from prison in 1924, Gandhi succeeded in re-uniting the Congress Party and increasing discipline of Congressmen by expanding activities for social reform and the alleviation of India's poor. With the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928, led by the rising nationalist leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Congress was back in the business of revolution. In 1928-29, the Congress's annual session under President Motilal Nehru considered the next step. Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose backed a call for full political independence, whil ...

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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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Upon his release from prison in 1924, Gandhi succeeded in re-uniting the Congress Party and increasing discipline of Congressmen by expanding activities for social reform and the alleviation of India's poor. With the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928, led by the rising nationalist leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Congress was back in the business of revolution. In 1928-29, the Congress's annual session under President Motilal Nehru considered the next step. Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose backed a call for full political independence, whil ...

See also:

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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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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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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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 ...

See also:

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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Nehru was elected again to the Congress Presidency in 1936, and again in 1937. In his famous speech to the session in Lucknow in 1936, he pushed the passage of the Avadi Resolution which committed the Congress to socialism as the basis of the future agenda of a free India's government. But the effort was strongly criticized by major Congress leaders, including Gandhi and Sardar Patel. Nehru transformed his position to commit that the resolution did not in fact bind Congress to socialism, and that the Congress Party's main goal was ind ...

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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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Nehru is India's longest serving Prime Minister, leading his party to victory in three general elections in 1952, 1957 and 1962. In an interview to an American magazine Nehru had said, "My legacy to India is, hopefully, 400 million people capable of governing themselves." His death on May 27, 1964 was because of a sudden heart attack. It was mourned by millions of people. He was cremated in Shantivana. Scores of sports stadiums, public roads and highways, schools and colleges around India have been named after him ...

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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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Jawaharlal Nehru served as India's Prime Minister from August 15, 1947, to May 27, 1964 - the day he died. Jawaharlal Nehru - 1947 to 1952. 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 India and the Union Home Minister. Although Patel was powerful in the Congress Party and enjoyed far more of the respect and support of party b ...

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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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Upon the end of the war, Nehru and the Congress leadership were released. The new Labour Party government of Clement Attlee in Britain was preparing plans for India's independence. In 1946, the Congress convened its session for a presidential election, knowing fully that this leader would become the head of India's government. Nehru, unlike Patel, was nominated by no state unit, but the Working Committee made a tentative nomination. Gandhi asked Patel to withdraw himself from the election, allowing Nehru's election, and Patel promptly did so. This relatively undocumented epi ...

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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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Elections were held in 1946 to the Constituent Assembly of India. The Congress swept the vote at the central level and most of British India's provinces. The All India Muslim League, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah had become the prime political opponent of the Congress. The League demanded a separate Muslim state, and enjoyed the support of many of India's Muslims. Nehru and the Congress Party strongly opposed India's partition, or any excessive political concessions to the League to prevent this. The party accepted the May 16 Plan ...

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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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In 1946, Nehru had moved into the former residence of the British Commander in Chief of the Indian Army on York Road, in Delhi. With independence, this became the official residence of the PM, and after Nehru's death in 1964, the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. Nehru lived alone initially, but was later joined by his daughter Indira Gandhi, who despite having a young family of her own felt a need to take care of her father's personal needs. Over the years she became his virtual chief of staff - managing his schedule and appointments, instructing the staff of the residence and ...

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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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Jawaharlal Nehru served as India's Prime Minister from August 15, 1947, to May 27, 1964 - the day he died. ...

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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. 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 India and the Union Home Minister. Although Patel was powerful in the Congress Party and enjoyed far more respect and support ...

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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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In 1946, Nehru had moved into the former residence of the British Commander in Chief of the Indian Army on York Road, in Delhi. With independence, this became the official residence of the PM, and after Nehru's death in 1964, the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. Nehru lived alone initially, but was later joined by his daughter Indira Gandhi, who despite having a young family of her own felt a need to take care of her father's personal needs. Over the years she became his virtual chief of staff - managing his schedule and appointments, instructing the staff of the residence and ...

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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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Nehru is India's longest serving Prime Minister, leading his party to victory in three general elections in 1952, 1957 and 1962. In an interview to an American magazine Nehru had said, "My legacy to India is, hopefully, 400 million people capable of governing themselves." His death on May 27, 1964 was because of a sudden heart attack. It was mourned by millions of people. He was cremated in Shantivana. Scores of sports stadiums, public roads and highways, schools and colleges around India have been named after him ...

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Nehru also sired the most powerful political dynasty in India's modern history. His daughter Indira Gandhi would become Prime Minister within two years of his death in 1966, and would serve for 15 years and 3 terms. His grandson Rajiv Gandhi would hold that office from 1984 to 1989. Today, Rajiv's widow Sonia Gandhi is Congress President, but is not Prime Minister despite the Congress currently being the largest party in the Parliament. It is speculated that Sonia is grooming her son ...

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Through the 1920s, Nehru was increasingly active in political affairs, but his personal life also underwent significant changes. His father Motilal died in 1931, leaving him at the head of the Nehru household, whose life had become entirely political. His three sisters had joined the Congress women's wing, and Kamala Nehru was working on social causes. His daughter Indira helped formed the Vanara Sena. The late 1920s saw his marriage revitalized, and Kamala and he grew closer as a couple. From prison Nehru would write letters to his young daughter, later publishe ...

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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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Elections were held in 1946 to the Constituent Assembly of India. The Congress swept the vote at the central level and most of British India's provinces. The All India Muslim League, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah had become the prime political opponent of the Congress. The League demanded a separate Muslim state, and enjoyed the support of many of India's Muslims. Nehru and the Congress Party strongly opposed India's partition, or any excessive political concessions to the League to prevent this. The party accepted the May 16 Plan ...

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