pandit jawaharlal nehru biography in english

pandit jawaharlal nehru

Born: November 14, 1889

Died: May 27, 1964

early life
The great writer, thinker and skilled politician Jawaharlal Nehru was born in a Kashmiri Brahmin family.  The family moved to Allahabad in the early 18th century.  He was born on 14 November 1889 in this family settled in Allahabad.  His father's name was Pandit Motilal Nehru and mother's name was Smt. Swaroop Rani.

Education
His early education of law studies took place at home.  In 1905, at the age of 15, Nehru was sent to the Harrow School in England.  After a two-year stay at Harrow, Nehru reached Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied for three years and earned a bachelor's degree in science.  After leaving Cambridge, he spent two years studying law at the Inner Temple in London.

Nehru's marriage and daughter Indira Gandhi's birth

Nehru was married to Kamala Kaul in March 1916, four years after his return to India.  Kamala belonged to a Kashmiri family settled in Delhi.  Indira Priyadarshini, the only child of both, was born in 1917.  Jawaharlal Nehru joined the Home Rule League in 1917.  His real entry into politics came two years later in 1919 when he came in contact with Mahatma Gandhi.  At that time Mahatma Gandhi had started a campaign against the Rowlatt Act. 

Nehru was attracted to Mahatma Gandhi's active but peaceful, civil disobedience movement.  Nehru adopted Khadi by giving up foreign goods and actively participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920–1922 and during this time he was arrested.

Pandit Nehru came in contact with Mahatma Gandhi

Jawaharlal Nehru joined the Home Rule League – Indian Home Rule movement in 1917.  After 2 years in 1919, he entered the political arena.  Then he got acquainted with Mahatma Gandhi.  Let us tell you that this was the period when Mahatma Gandhi started a campaign against Rowlatt Act – Rowlatt Act.

Nehru ji was greatly influenced by Mahatma Gandhi ji's peaceful civil disobedience movement.  He started considering Gandhiji as his ideal, even Nehru renounced foreign goods and adopted Khadi, after which he also supported Gandhiji's non-cooperation movement of 1920-1922, during which he was also arrested.  Demand for 'Purna Swaraj' From 1926 to 1928, Jawaharlal Nehru served as the General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee.  In 1928-29, the annual session of the Congress was held under the chairmanship of Motilal Nehru.

In December 1929, the annual session of the Congress was held in Lahore in which Jawaharlal Nehru was elected the President of the Congress Party.  A resolution was also passed during the same session demanding 'Purna Swaraj'.  26 January 1930 Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the flag of independent India in Lahore on 26 January 1930.  Gandhiji also called for the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930. By 

Nehru was established as a mature leader.  Nehru was elected to the post of Congress President in 1936 and 1937.  He was also arrested during the Quit India Movement in 1942 and released in 1945.  At the time of the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947, he took an important part in the negotiations with the British government.

Nehru was very dear to Mahatma Gandhi
Nehru was very dear to Mahatma Gandhi and on his behest, he was made the first PM of the country.  Apart from emphasizing secularism and the fundamental unity of the country despite India's ethnic and religious diversities, Nehru was also conscious of leading India into the modern era of scientific discoveries and technological advances.

Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister of India - India First Prime Minister

The year 1947 when freedom from slavery was achieved.  The countrymen were breathing in independent India, at the same time a democratic system had to be made for the progress of the country.

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Therefore, for the first time in the country, elections were held for the Prime Minister, in which elections were held for the claim of Prime Minister from the Congress, in which Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Acharya Kriplani got more votes.

But at the behest of Gandhiji, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was made the first Prime Minister of the country, after which Pandit Nehru held the post of Prime Minister for three consecutive times and kept striving for the progress of India.

While holding the post of Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru did many important things for the development of the country, along with it he laid the foundation of a strong nation and also played an important role in making India financially strong.  Along with this, he also encouraged the development of science and technology in India.

Let us tell you that Pandit Nehru was in favor of modern India, so he built a strong foundation of India on modern thinking and created the Non-Aligned Movement for peace and organization.  Along with this, he made an important contribution to the Korean War, the settlement of the Suez Canal dispute and the Congo Agreement.

Awarded Bharat Ratna
He served as a mediator in the resolution of other international problems, such as ending the Korean War, settling the Suez Canal dispute and embodying the Congo Agreement.  He was also instrumental behind the scenes in resolving many other explosive issues such as those of West Berlin, Austria and Laos.  He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in the year 1955.  

He also did the work of creating awareness among his countrymen about the need of social consciousness towards the poor and untouchables and to create respect for democratic values.  He was particularly proud of one of his achievements that he reformed the ancient Hindu civil code and finally gave widows equal rights to men in terms of inheritance and property.

great writer
Pandit Nehru was not only a great politician and an influential orator, but also a great writer.  His autobiography was published in 1936 AD and he was respected in all the countries of the world.  His other works include India and the World, Soviet Russia, A Glimpse of World History, India's Unity and Freedom, but his popular books include the Discovery of India, which was composed in the Ahmednagar jail between April-September 1944. 

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Book written by Nehru in English This book was written by Nehru in English and later it has been translated into Hindi and many other languages.  India's discovery book has the status of a classic.  Nehru ji wrote it during his 5 months imprisonment in the Ahmednagar Fort in 1944 during the period of freedom movement.  It was published in book form in 1946.  In this book, Nehru ji has described the culture, religion and complex past of India, which has developed from the Indus Valley Civilization to India's independence, in a scientifically unique language style.

death
Nehru's health started showing signs of deterioration shortly after the conflict with China.  He suffered a heart attack on 27 May 1964 and closed his eyes forever.  Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan said about Nehru that Jawaharlal Nehru was one of the greatest men of our generation.  He was a renown as a warrior of the freedom struggle and his contribution to the making of modern India was unprecedented.