‪#‎Jawaharlal‬ ‪#‎Nehru‬First Prime Minister of Independent ‪#‎India‬.In the history of India’

‪#‎Jawaharlal‬ ‪#‎Nehru‬First Prime Minister of Independent ‪#‎India‬.In the history of India’s struggle for freedom from British rule (1757, reckoning from the Battle of Plassey, to 1947) ‪#‎JawaharlalNehru‬ holds an important place. Perhaps few statesmen of the world can lay claim to the distinction of being as much loved and admired by the people as was Nehru in his time (1889-1964). He stood among the builders of modern India, giving it a direction towards socialism in a secular, democratic set-up.Nehru joined the Gandhian Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920 and was imprisoned. He was in prison for nearly thirteen years during several phases of the freedom struggle.As the Prime Minister of India for seventeen years, Nehru not only gave shape to internal policies in all spheres of activity - political, economic, social and cultural- but influenced international opinion on specific issues concerning war and peace.As a man, Nehru rose above prejudices, conquered fear and hatred, and displayed a liberal outlook and warm human sympathies. His speeches were marked by sincerity and deep feeling and his writings by sensitivity and warmth. He had a fine (almost poetic) appreciation of nature, the currents of history, and the roots of Indian culture. He was a self-confessed agnostic but had a clear understanding of the essentials of non-dogmatic religion. He had an emotional nature but wanted reason to prevail in dealing with human problems.- The Encyclopedia of Hinduism -- source link

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