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Pandit Nehru’s vision, values will continue to inspire us: Rahul Gandhi
Pandit Nehru was born on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad. In 1919, he joined the Indian National Congress and joined Mahatma Gandhi in the independence movement.
Published: May 27, 2016 4:02 PM IST
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Pandit Nehru's vision, values will continue to inspire us: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, May 27 : Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday remembered India’s first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 52nd death anniversary and said his vision and values will continue to guide the nation. “Remembering Nehruji today on his death anniversary,” read a tweet posted by Rahul Gandhi’s office. “Nehruji’s thoughts, his vision and the values he sought to uphold in his own political life and that of the nation will continue to guide and inspire us all,” the tweet said further. The Indian National Congress ( INC) also went paid tribute to India’s first and longest serving Prime Minister Pandit Nehru on his death anniversary. “Pt Nehru, was a man of vision. He taught a young and independent India to be self confident & self-reliant,” the Congress tweeted. Also Read: Rahul Gandhi to lead protest against Delhi power crisis
Pandit Nehru was born on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad. In 1919, he joined the Indian National Congress and joined Mahatma Gandhi in the independence movement. Pandit Nehru became the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee in September 1923. On August 29, 1928, he attended the All-Party Congress and was one of the signatories to the Nehru Report on Indian Constitutional Reform, named after his father Motilal Nehru. The same year, he also founded the ‘Independence for India League’, which advocated complete severance of the British connection with India, and became its general secretary.
In 1929, Pandit Nehru was elected president of the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress, where complete independence for the country was adopted as the goal. He was imprisoned several times during 1930-35 in connection with the Salt Satyagraha and other movements launched by the Congress. Nehru, whose birthday on November 14 is also celebrated as Children’s Day, was sworn-in as the first prime minister of India on August 15, 1947 when the nation gained independence from the British empire. Serving until his death till May 27, 1964, Nehru remains India’s longest-serving prime minister.
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