Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes


... madness entered my veins.


Citations

Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889-1964, Prime Minister, India, Feeling that sometimes came over him when addressing a huge crowd of followers urging Indian independence from Great Britain and the Empire, Quoted in Nisid Hajari, Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition, 2015

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Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Born: November 14, 1889
  • Died: May 27, 1964
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Profession: Leader

Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian independence activist and, subsequently, the first Prime Minister of India, as well as a central figure in Indian politics both before and after independence. He emerged as an eminent leader of the Indian independence movement, serving India as Prime Minister from its establishment in 1947 as an independent nation, until his death in 1964. He was also known as Pandit Nehru due to his roots with the Kashmiri Pandit community, while Indian children knew him better as Chacha Nehru (Hindi: Uncle Nehru).