Jawaharlal Nehru

Bharat Ratna Jawaharlal Nehru (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964), was a leader of the Indian National Congress during and after India’s struggle for independence from the British Empire. He became the first Prime Minister of India at independence on August 15, 1947, holding the office until his death.The son of prominent Congress leader […]

The Chinese attack of 1962 was the saddest chapter of Jawaharlal’s life. If he was physically not the same person which he had been all his years, it was not because of the Chinese attack but because of his first illness in the summer of 1962. He had felt very tired and wanted to resign.

In United Nation’s Constituent Assembly, Jawaharlal put forward a proposal to celebrate International Cooperation Year to increase the mutual co-existence and cooperation between the countries. Then the world leaders decided to celebrate it on the occasion of 75th birthday of Jawaharlal.Now the whole world was hoping that this peace will continue for long. Jawaharlal also

Nehruji was worried about the danger of war everytime and how long he will try to stop it. So there should be some permanent solution. Some declaration he had already made like—1. He will abstain himself from the blocks.2. Not to participate in any type of army agreement.3. Not to support anybody, in case of

Here Jawaharlal was giving the message of peace and on the other hand some selfish nations were creating moves for another war. The whole world was divided into two powerful blocs—U.S.A. and Soviet Union. One was capitalist and the other was socialist. Both were the greatest enemies of each other. With their influence, the whole

Whole country was anxiously waiting for his arrival. He had made India proud in whole world, established friendly relations with many countries, so the whole India was thankful to him. He had proved that, he is the true son of her motherland. Hence when Jawaharlal returned, the first thing which was done by the President

Jawaharlal had only one slogan—Aram Haram Hai. He repeated it again and again and on every occasion. It was not only a saying; he himself used to work for 20 hours a day. Hundreds of national and international problems surrounded him everyday. For a person who is moving higher and higher on a developing path,

The planning commission was established by a resolution of the government of India on March 15, 1950. Nehru urged the planning commission to finalize a five-year plan with emphasis on self-sufficiency in food and the rapid reduction of unemployment. Hence in April 1951, it has the beginning of five year plans. Now India has to

Mao-Tse-Tung had recognised the importance of India. His slogan for sometime was that the two countries should stand together and they would be a factor in the world. Chou-En-Lai, the Prime Minister of China admitted that the two countries could adopt separate methods, though they were similar and had similar problems. After becoming a republican

War broke out in Korea on 25th June 1950, and the same day a resolution was brought forward in the Security Council blaming North Korea for an armed attack and calling on all members of the United Nations to render every assistance to the organization in securing the cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of

On 11th October 1949, Jawaharlal went on an official visit to U.S.A. His past efforts met with marked approval in U.S. and by the beginning of 1949, the country had a general acclaim for Nehruji.The ‘Sun’ commented on Nehruji—“He is in many ways the most impressive statesman to emerge on the post-war scene. His greatness

Bapu was a saint—he left the world after giving the message of non-violence and peace. But the torch which he had lighted of world peace had been continued by Jawaharlal. Although there was a difference of opinion between Jawaharlal and Gandhiji but the path in which they had to move was the same.Once Gandhiji wrote

In deep grief Gandhiji reached Delhi on 9th September. He was so low and on seeing this Jawaharlal was very upset. Every effort to stop riots went in vain. So lastly Gandhiji decided to go for hunger strike on 13th February 1948. This news made the whole country mum. The leaders were shocked and then

And finally the appointed day came and the sensation of freedom overweighted the pain felt at the prospect of partition. Jawaharlal said, “Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of

When Jawaharlal was in jail, a new army was organised under the leadership of Subhash Chandra Bose. The army of 40 thousand soldiers revolted against the British rule. Bose formed his army in Singapore and gave it the name of ‘Azad Hind Fauz’.On the other hand Jinnah became active for forming a separate country Pakistan