INDIAS ARCHITECT Jawaharlal Nehru
INDIAS ARCHITECT
"A moment comes...when an age
ends, and when the soul of a nation
long suppressed finds utterance"
- The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was born on Nov 14, 1889
- First person to hoist the national flag at the Red Fort in 1947
- 11 times nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
- 146 letters penned by him to Indira Gandhi formed his book Glimpses of World History
- His fondness for high-collared jackets popularised the Nehru jacket as a fashion icon
- Was the first Minister of External Affairs in independent India
"A moment comes...when an age
ends, and when the soul of a nation
long suppressed finds utterance"
- Jawaharlal Nehru