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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.
To date, Nehru is considered the most popular prime minister, winning three consecutive elections with around 45% of the vote. [164] A Pathé News archive video reporting Nehru's death remarks "Neither on the political stage nor in moral stature was his leadership ever challenged". [165]
[a] Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the Republic of India until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first post-independence general elections in 1952).
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
Date of birth Date of marriage Prime Minister Tenure began Tenure ended Date of death and age 1 Kamala Nehru [a] 1 August 1899 1916 Jawaharlal Nehru: 15 August 1947 27 May 1964 28 February 1936 Acting Lakshmi Nanda: Gulzarilal Nanda (acting) 27 May 1964 9 June 1964 11 January 1966 24 January 1966 2 Lalita Shastri: 11 January 1910 16 May 1928
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.
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.
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. [1] [2] [3]