Jawaharlal Nehru - The 1st Prime Minister Of India
( birth; 14th nov., 1889 ) ( death; 27yh may 1964 )
Jawaharlal Nehru was a famous leader in India's struggle for freedom. He was one of the sculptors of modern India. He wanted India to be an economically developed country. He did all the could for economic development and industrialisation of India. He was a Kashmiri Brahmin. his great grandfather pandit Lakshmi Narayan Nehru worked as a lawyer of the east India company with the Muslim king of Delhi. His grandfather Gangadhar Nehru was the Kotwal of Delhi and father Motilal, a famous lawyer.Jawaharlal was born in Allahabad. He received his education from private tutors, who were British.
When he was15, his father took him to London. He joined the public school of harrow in 1905and later, in 1907, the trinity college at Cambridge. He passed the B.A. in geology and botany in 1910. In 1912 he became a barrister and in 1914, passed M.A. after returning to India, he was married to Kamala Kaul. He practiced as a lawyer but didn't like the profession. After six years of practice, he became the secretary of the home rule league. For participating in Mahatma Gandhi's noncorporation movements, he was imprisoned for six months. Later in his life, he suffered imprisonment many times. In 1929. He became the president of the Lahore congress. He was elected the president of the congress six times subsequently. His wife died in 1936. From 1942, he was imprisoned for three years in the Ahmednagar fort. It was here that he wrote his well-known book 'The discovery of India'. In 1946he was appointed as the vice president in the temporary cabinet. When India won freedom on 15th August 1947 he became the 1st prime minister od India. He held this post for seventeen years, till his death. He worked for the development of India and established peaceful relations with the important nations of the world. India acquired an important place in international politics, during this tenure. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1955.
He died at 75. Every year, 14th November is celebrated as Children's Day, because Nehru liked children very much.
( birth; 14th nov., 1889 ) ( death; 27yh may 1964 )
Jawaharlal Nehru was a famous leader in India's struggle for freedom. He was one of the sculptors of modern India. He wanted India to be an economically developed country. He did all the could for economic development and industrialisation of India. He was a Kashmiri Brahmin. his great grandfather pandit Lakshmi Narayan Nehru worked as a lawyer of the east India company with the Muslim king of Delhi. His grandfather Gangadhar Nehru was the Kotwal of Delhi and father Motilal, a famous lawyer.Jawaharlal was born in Allahabad. He received his education from private tutors, who were British.
When he was15, his father took him to London. He joined the public school of harrow in 1905and later, in 1907, the trinity college at Cambridge. He passed the B.A. in geology and botany in 1910. In 1912 he became a barrister and in 1914, passed M.A. after returning to India, he was married to Kamala Kaul. He practiced as a lawyer but didn't like the profession. After six years of practice, he became the secretary of the home rule league. For participating in Mahatma Gandhi's noncorporation movements, he was imprisoned for six months. Later in his life, he suffered imprisonment many times. In 1929. He became the president of the Lahore congress. He was elected the president of the congress six times subsequently. His wife died in 1936. From 1942, he was imprisoned for three years in the Ahmednagar fort. It was here that he wrote his well-known book 'The discovery of India'. In 1946he was appointed as the vice president in the temporary cabinet. When India won freedom on 15th August 1947 he became the 1st prime minister od India. He held this post for seventeen years, till his death. He worked for the development of India and established peaceful relations with the important nations of the world. India acquired an important place in international politics, during this tenure. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1955.
He died at 75. Every year, 14th November is celebrated as Children's Day, because Nehru liked children very much.
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