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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
Born- 14th November 1889
Father- motilal nehru (wealthy brahman lawyer from kashmir)
mother- swarup rani nehru
In 1896 ,
Spend 6 months in St Mary’s convent school
By 1900
Family to Allah bad (Anand bhavan)
residence- palatial home swimming pool and tennis courts
1902-1904 (2 yrs) he was taught by-
Teacher- Ferdinand t.Brooks
1905 -went to England
main study at England- oxford
School- Harrow (England’s leading school)
Harrow was famous for educating most of the prime ministers of England
Degree- natural science
School- Trinity College, Cambridge
Degree- law
School- inner temple (oxford)
Asked for Indian newspaper- The times ( for information on Indian national congress)
motilal (father) entered- Indian national congress (moderate)
close friend(jawahar lal) of Annie beasent
[Holiday at Dublin]
Acquainted with- lrish republican movement
Return to India – 1912
He also was the chairman of the allahabd municipal committee as a member of congress
He also joined the home rule league established by BAL and Annie
In 1912 he attended the congress session at bank pore
Jawaharlal + motilal + Gandhi = holy trinity
motilal 3 Childs= jawaharlal, swarup kumari , krishna
motilal and jawaharlal followed - national movement
quotations:
what seemed a tryst with destiny in 1947 was, 28 years earlier, a leap in the dark
by - br nanda
inspite of many differences gandhi and jawaharlal remain loyal to each other
jawahar first meet Gandhi- 1916 lucknow session of congress
He also married kamala kaul
In 1939 disharmony developed between Nehru and gandhi against the study of marxism
In 1918 his daughter indira Gandhi was born
Joined- Satyagraha sabha by 1919
gandhi-leader of masses treated Nehru like a son
Face official butchery-1919 jallian wala bagh massacare influence on him and his mother
In 1920 participated in Non – cooperation movement
1924-1925 became a general secretary of all India congress committee
Jawaharlal family; wife kamala
daughter indira
spent an year in EUROPE (nehru became an associate)
In 1927 Nehru was elected to a 9 member executive committee
At -congress of oppressed nationalities in Brussels
And attended the 10th anniversary celebration of Russian revolution
Along with -romain Rolland, mme sun yat sen, Albert Einstein of Russian revolution
-returning India
threw himself- anti senior commission satyagraha
-beaten in lathi charge also in Simon commission protest (1928)
-wrote a letter to his Gandhi dated 3dec1928
May God spare you for many a long year to come and make you his chosen instrument for freeing India from the yoke" -- a truly prophetic vision
in 1929
Elected president of- all India congress committee (1929)
Reception fit for a king at- Lahore session at 1929
Participated in civil disobedience movement (jail-1930-1936)
Nehru was arrested in quit India movement
Nehru and motif spent approx-14years in arrest
Father (motilal) died1921
wife died in 1936 (kamala)
In 1939 disharmony developed between Nehru and gandhi against the study of marxism
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Jawaharlal all- forefront of the national movement and
Chief negotiator of the congress for the transfer of power
Close friend of Lord Mountbatten
Became P.
Approximate Word count = 687
Approximate Pages = 2.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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