Born 14 Nov 1889 in Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India

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Died 27 May 1964 at age 74 in New Delhi, India

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Jawaharlal Nehru is Notable.

Jawaharlal Nehru; Hindustani: [?d???aː??r?laːl ?neː?ru]; 14 November 1889 ? 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in 1964.

Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14 November 1889 in Allahabad in British India. His father, Motilal Nehru (1861?1931), a wealthy barrister who belonged to the Kashmiri Pandit community, served twice as President of the Indian National Congress during the Independence Struggle. His mother, Swaruprani Thussu (1868?1938), who came from a well-known Kashmiri Brahmin family settled in Lahore, was Motilal's second wife, the first having died in child birth. Jawaharlal was the eldest of three children, two of whom were girls. The elder sister, Vijaya Lakshmi , later became the first female president of the United Nations General Assembly. The youngest sister, Krishna Hutheesing , became a noted writer and authored several books on her brother.

Nehru married Kamala Kaul in 1916. Their only daughter Indira Gandhi was born a year later in 1917, and married Feroze Gandhi in 1942.

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See also:

• Wikipedia: Jawaharlal Nehru