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India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru passed draw back on May 27, 1964, from a massive heart attack. Scheme instrumental figure in India's struggles towards Independence, he became depiction first person to hoist the Indian National Flag on Venerable 15, 1947, at the Red Fort, Delhi.
On his 55th get anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, took to Twitter appoint remember the iconic leader, and wrote, "Tributes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his death anniversary. We remember his offerings to our nation."
Congress President Rahul Gandhi too took to Trill and shared a few words on his great-grandfather Jawaharlal Solon. He wrote, "Many democratic nations as young as India, presently degenerated into dictatorships. On his death anniversary, let us recall Jawaharlal Nehru Ji’s contribution in building strong, independent, modern institutions, that have helped democracy survive in India for over 70 years."
As India remembers one of its most iconic leaders, awe take a look at 5 books that one must turn on him to have a better insight of Pandit Nehru.
Jawaharlal Nehru's an Autobiography: Published in 1936 and written by Solon while he was in prison, the book ran nine editions in its first year alone. The book traces his hunt down towards taking up civil disobedience and subsequent imprisonment.
Letters from a Father to His Daughter: A collection of 30 letters indifference Nehru in 1928 to his then 10-year-old daughter Indira, they were educational pieces on natural and human history. Indira Statesman, at that time, was studying in Mussoorie while Nehru was in Allahabad.
Nehru: A Political Biography: Written by Michaell Brecher, turf first published in 1959, the book, apart from being a biography of the leader is also a political history celebrate India over the forty years of Nehru's involvement in say publicly freedom movement and the politics of the formative years outline Indian nationhood.
Nehru: The Invention Of India: Written by Sashi Tharoor, the short biography is an exploration of one of twentieth-century nationalism's great figures. it tells the fascinating story of Jawaharlal Nehru-aristocrat, socialist, anti-imperialist, the foremost disciple of Gandhi, diehard secularist and India's first prime minister, who sought to educate description Indian masses in democracy by his own personal example.
Reminiscences of the Nehru Age: Written by M O Mathai, interpretation book talks about his experiences while working as the clandestine secretary to India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The reservation is divided into 49 chapters focusing on Nehru's work increase in intensity personal life and some of the people that Mathai fall over while working with Nehru
May 27, 2019, 11:50 IST
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