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  2. Jawaharlal Nehru - Wikipedia

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    Nehru and his colleagues were released prior to the arrival of the British 1946 Cabinet Mission to India to propose plans for the transfer of power. [118] [119] The agreed plan in 1946 led to elections to the provincial assemblies. In turn, the members of the assemblies elected members of the Constituent Assembly.

  3. List of international prime ministerial trips made by ...

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    [1] Soviet Union: 1961 [4] United States: Newport, Rhode Island New York City Los Angeles: 6–10, 17 November 1961 State visit [1] Mexico: 14–17 November 1961 State visit [1] United Arab Republic: Cairo: 18 November 1961 Meeting with Nasser and Tito [22] Ceylon: 1962 State visit [23] Nigeria: 23–26 September 1962

  4. Death and state funeral of Jawaharlal Nehru - Wikipedia

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    Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home said, "My colleagues and I are deeply distressed to learn of Mr. Nehru's death. We mourn the death of the architect of modern India, a wise and far-sighted world statesman, and above all an eminent and respected Commonwealth leader. His death will be a grievous loss to the Commonwealth and to the world.

  5. R. N. Kao - Wikipedia

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    His professionalism was well regarded by his colleagues and the Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. [ 5 ] Count Alexandre de Marenches , erstwhile head of the French external intelligence agency, or SDECE (Service For External Documentation And Counter-Intelligence) as it was then known, named Kao as one of the 'five great ...

  6. Tryst with Destiny - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. The light has gone out of our lives - Wikipedia

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    The light has gone out of our lives is a speech that was delivered ex tempore by Jawaharlal Nehru, [1] the first Prime Minister of India, on January 30, 1948, following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi earlier that evening. It is often cited as one of the greatest speeches in history.

  8. Bharat Ek Khoj - Wikipedia

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    12 November 1989 () [1] Bharat Ek Khoj ( lit. ' India: An Exploration ' ) is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru [ 3 ] that covers a 5,000-year history of the Indian subcontinent from its beginnings to independence from the British in 1947.

  9. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis - Wikipedia

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    It gradually grew with the pioneering work of a group of his colleagues, including S. S. Bose, J. M. Sengupta, R. C. Bose, S. N. Roy, K. R. Nair, R. R. Bahadur, Gopinath Kallianpur, D. B. Lahiri and C. R. Rao. The institute also gained major assistance through Pitambar Pant, who was a secretary to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Pant was ...