biography
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Nehru, Jawaharlal
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known as Pandit (‘Teacher’) Nehru
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pronunciation:
[nairoo]
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| lived:
| (1889–1964)
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| biography:
| Indian statesman and prime minister (1947–64), born in Allahabad, NE India, the son of Motilal Nehru. He studied at Cambridge, became a lawyer, and served in the Allahabad High Court. He joined the Indian Congress Committee (1918), was influenced by Gandhi, and was imprisoned several times by the British. In 1929 he was elected president of the Indian National Congress. He became India's first prime minister and minister of external affairs (1947), and followed a policy of neutrality during the Cold War. He introduced a policy of industrialization, reorganized the states on a linguistic basis, and brought the dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir to a peaceful solution. |
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