The passing away of India’s beloved leader and Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on May 27, 1964, plunged the whole nation into the profoundest grief. The country suffered its greatest loss since the death of the father of the Nation. Jawaharlal Nehru belonged to the whole of mankind, as he belonged to the people of India and the world mourned the departure of this great figure.
A valiant fighter for the people of India all his life, Jawaharlal Nehru was the Chief architect of modern India. His entire life was dedicated not only to the ideals of national freedom, unity and solidarity but equally to those of world peace and progress. Born at Allahabad on November 14, 1889, Jawaharlal Nehru was the son of Pandit Motilal Nehru an eminent lawyer and one of India’s greatest patriots. At the age of 15 he went to England and after two years at Harrow, studied at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was later called to the Bar from the Inner Temple and....
