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Jawaharlal Nehru

Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964
Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, statesman, secular humanist, social democrat, and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon India's independence in 1947, he served as the country's first prime minister for 16 years. Nehru promoted parliamentary democracy, secularism, and science and technology during the 1950s, powerfully influencing India's arc as a modern nation. In international affairs, he steered India clear of the two blocs of the Cold War. A well-regarded author, his books written in prison, such as Letters from a Father to His Daughter (1929), An Autobiography (1936) and The Discovery of India (1946), have been read around the world.

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PM Narendra Modi targets Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi in Lok Sabha | Budget 2024 |Oneindia Nerws [Video]

PM Narendra Modi targets Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi in Lok Sabha | Budget 2024 |Oneindia Nerws

PM Narendra Modi says, "Congress' mindset is that it has never trusted the capability of the country. It considered itself rulers and the public as someone lesser, someone smaller..." He reads out a..

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PM Narendra Modi slams INDIA alliance during Budget Session in Lok Sabha | Oneindia News [Video]

PM Narendra Modi slams INDIA alliance during Budget Session in Lok Sabha | Oneindia News

While addressing the lower house of the parliament on Monday, PM Modi took a jibe at the opposition alliance and targeted the INDIA bloc for lack of unity among parties. He also criticised the former..

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