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Jawaharlal Nehru

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born

November 14, 1889 in Allahabad, India

died

May 27, 1964

gender

male

genre

Politics, Biographies & Memoirs, History

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First prime minister of independent India (1947 – 64). Son of the independence advocate Motilal Nehru (1861 – 1931), Nehru was educated at home and in Britain and became a lawyer in 1912. More interested in politics than law, he was impressed by Mohandas K. Gandhi's approach to Indian independence. His close association with the Indian National Congress began in 1919; in 1929 he became its president, presiding over the historic Lahore session that proclaimed complete independence (rather than dominion status) as India's political goal. He was imprisoned nine times between 1921 and 1945 for his political activity. When India was granted limited self-government in 1935, the Congress Party under Nehru refused to form coalition governments with...more

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Books by Jawaharlal Nehru

Average rating: 3.95 · 870 ratings · 80 reviews · 57 distinct works

	The Discovery of India 3.93 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 1960 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Glimpses Of World History 4.25 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1962 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Letters From A Father To His Daughter 3.80 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1929 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Jawaharlal Nehru, an autobiography: With musings on recent events in India 3.52 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Essential Writings of Jawaharlal Nehru: Volumes II by Jawaharlal Nehru, S. Gopal (Editor), Uma Iyengar (Editor) 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	A Bunch of Old Letters 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Nehru's India: Select Speeches 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	An Anthology 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	My rating:
	Weltgeschichtliche Betrachtungen: Briefe an Indira by Jawaharlal Nehru, Susanne Popp (Editor), Michael Wobring (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru: Second Series, Volume 41 (1 January - 31 March 1958) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Quotes by Jawaharlal Nehru

“There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.”
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“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”
― Jawaharlal Nehru

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“Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.”
― Jawaharlal Nehru

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