Jawaharlal Nehru's Biography- A Journey of struggle, sacrifice and victory:
Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian independence fighter and the first
prime minister of India. He was considered a central warrior
in India Politics before independence as well as after independence. He was
born on 14 November 1889 in Allahabad and served the nation
from 1947 until he died in 1964. The birthplace of Jawaharlal Nehru is
Prayagraj which is an Allahabad. Due to his association with the Kashmiri
Pandit community, he was also known as Pandit Nehru, while
the Indian kids referred to them as Chacha Nehru. Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday is widely celebrated as Children's Day. His
father's name Motilal Nehruheo served as India's prime minister in 1919 and 1928. His mother's name is Swarup
Rani Thussu and she was the second wife of Motilal.
Jawaharlal Nehru had 2 sisters and he eldest of all. Vijay Laxmi was the
eldest sister who later became the president of the United Nations General
Assembly and the youngest sister Krishna Hutheesing was a noted writer and
authored several books on her brother. Jawaharlal Nehru was married to
Kamala Nehru who was born in 1899.
Jawaharlal Nehru family, Early Life and Education:
. The family of Jawaharlal Nehru was a Kashmiri Brahman. He was also one of
Mahatma Gandhi's
well-known friends.
. Motilal Nehru, his father, was a well-known lawyer and advocate
for Indian independence. Out of Motilal Nehru's four children, two of whom
were girls, Pandit Nehru was
the eldest.
. Up to the age of 14, he received private tuition at home to finish his
early schooling. He moved to England to attend Harrow school at the age of
fifteen.
. Two years later, he attended Trinity College in Cambridge and graduated
with honours in the natural sciences. He had finished his barrister
studies at the Inner Temple in London.
. He lived in England for seven years, but he always felt quite lost and
like he was partly in India and partly in England.
. He returned to India sometime around 1912. He was involved in the struggles of all
countries under foreign rule. He was married to Kamala Kaul in 1916 and
moved to Delhi. Indira Priyadarshini, called Indira Gandhi, was born in
1917.
Early Struggle for Independence (1912-1938 ):
During his time in Britain as a student and a barrister, Nehru developed
an interest in Indian politics. Nehru attended an annual session of the Indian National Congress in Patna within months of his return
to India in 1912. In 1912, Congress was the party of progressives and
elites, and he was disconcerted by what he saw as 'very much an
English-knowing upper-class affair.'' Nehru had reservations about Congress's efficacy but decided to work for
the party to support the Indian civil rights movement led in South Africa by Mahatma Gandhi,
raising funds for the movement in 1913. Later, in the British colonies, he
protested against indentured labour and other such injustices faced by
Indians.
Jawaharlal Nehru the first Prime Minister of India:
Nehru served for 18 years as prime minister, first as temporary prime
minister, and then as prime minister of the Republic of India from 1950.
In the 1946 elections congress captured a majority of seats in the
assembly and with Nehru as the prime minister, led the provisional government. On 15 August
1947, Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as the first prime minister of free India. In August, he took office as the prime minister of India and gave his inaugural entitled ''Tryst with Destiny''.
Death of Jawaharlal Nehru:
After 1962, Nehru's health started to decline slowly, and he spent months recovering in
Kashmir until 1963. He felt very relaxed after his return from Dehradun on
26 May 1964 and went to bed, as usual, he had a restful night after he
returned from the bathroom, and Nehru complained of back pain. He talked to the doctors who were
attending him for a short time, and Nehru collapsed almost instantly before he died, he remained unconscious.
His death was registered to Lok Sabha on 27 May 1964 (the same day) the
cause of death is suspected to be a heart attack. The body of
Jawaharlal Nehru was put for public viewing on the Indian national Tri-colour flag. Nehru was cremated on 28 May at Shantivan on the bank of the Yamuna by
Hindu rituals, witnessed by 1.5 million mourners flocking to the streets
of Delhi and the cremation grounds.