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India Observes Jawaharlal Nehru’s 59th Death Anniversary

This year marks the 59^th death anniversary of the former Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India after Independence and played a significant role in the freedom struggle of India. On the 59^th Death Anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the legendary leader of India. PM Modi took this thought to Twitter and expressed his tribute.

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India Observes Jawaharlal Nehru’s 59th Death Anniversary: Key Points

Jawaharlal Nehru was a mighty politician and freedom fighter who fought against the Britishers during the freedom struggle.
Nehru fought against the Britishers and was among the key leaders of the Indian National Congress (INC).
On May 27, 1964, the first Prime Minister of India took his last breath. He was the PM from 1947 to 1964 till he died at the age of 74.
Nehru’s birth anniversary on November 14 is also celebrated as Children’s Day every year in India. He had a great fondness for kids, and children use to call him Chacha Nehru.

About Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad, India, and died on May 27, 1964, in New Delhi. He was the first prime minister of independent India (1947–64), who established a parliamentary government and became noted for his neutralist policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the 1930s and ’40s.

After the Lahore session of 1929, Nehru emerged as the leader of the country’s intellectuals and youth. Gandhi had shrewdly elevated him to the presidency of the Congress Party over the heads of some of his seniors, hoping that Nehru would draw India’s youth—who at that time were gravitating toward extreme leftist causes—into the mainstream of the Congress movement. Gandhi also correctly calculated that, with added responsibility, Nehru himself would be inclined to keep to the middle way.

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