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Jawaharlal Nehru signing the Constitution of India, 1950

Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru on his 130th birth anniversary

The country's first prime minister was born on November, 14, 1889

By Smita Tripathi
  • Published 14.11.19, 2:47 PM
  • Updated 14.11.19, 5:47 PM
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Jawaharlal Nehru sharing a joke with Mahatma Gandhi, during a meeting of the All India Congress, Mumbai, July 6, 1946
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Jawaharlal Nehru with Einstein, 1949
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Jawaharlal Nehru with Abdul Ghaffar Khan, before 1950
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Jawaharlal Nehru with Subhas Chandra Bose (sometime before 1950)
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Jawaharlal Nehru with his bride Kamala Nehru after marriage, standing outside the wedding camp, 1916
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A Family group, from left seated: Swarup Rani Nehru, Motilal Nehru, Kamala Nehru. Standing: Jawaharlal Nehru, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Krishna Kumari (Krishna Hutheesingh), Indira and R.S. Pandit (1927)
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Indira Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi (1949)
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Nehru, Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, All India Congress Committee meeting, Bombay, 1946
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Abdul Ghafar Khan, Nehru, and Sardar Patel at Simla for the independence conference, 1946
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