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President Josip Broz Tito said, "The news of the sudden death of the great leader of the Indian people, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, has deeply distressed all over. In his death, the Indian people suffered a great loss because he leaves the scene of internal and international development right at a time when his contribution was of great significance."
Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14 November 1889 in Allahabad in British India to mother Swarup Rani née Thussu (1868–1938) and father Motilal Nehru (1861–1931). Both parents belonged to the community of Kashmiri Pandits , or brahmins originally from the Kashmir valley .
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.
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 ...
1947: Assassination attempt (as head of the Interim Government) during the partition of India while he was visiting the North-West Frontier Province in a car. [1] [2]4 May 1953: An alleged attempt to bomb the Bombay–Amritsar Express in which Nehru was travelling was thwarted when the police discovered two men crouched near the railway tracks in Kalyan, Bombay State.
Date of death Memorial name (Meaning in English) Image Mahatma Gandhi: Founding Father of India 30 January 1948 Raj Ghat (Royal Platform) Jawaharlal Nehru: First Prime Minister of India: 27 May 1964 Shantivan (Forest of Peace) Lal Bahadur Shastri: Second Prime Minister of India: 11 January 1966 Vijay Ghat (Victory Platform) Sanjay Gandhi
Gulzarilal Nanda (4 July 1898 – 15 January 1998) [1] [2] was an Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues.He was the Acting Prime Minister of India for two 13-day tenures following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966 respectively.
Part two begins with a letter from Pandit to Nehru dated 17 May 1921, a week after her near lavish wedding to Ranjit and was addressed from Calcutta. She tells Nehru that she is happy, but often lonely as Ranjit spends the day at work. Sahgal adds the backdrop and the change of scene at the Nehru family home, Anand Bhawan.