Jawahar Lal Nehru: Top 10 facts about Chacha Nehru

NEW DELHI: Every year, Children's Day in India is celebrated on November 14. It also marks the birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister

Jawahar Lal Nehru

. It's said that Nehru was very fond of children and hence, it was his love towards children that his birthday, November 14, is celebrated as Children's Day, also known as Bal Diwas in Hindi.


Top 10 facts about Jawahar Lal Nehru

On the 130th birth anniversary of Nehru, here are some of the facts about him:

1) Jawahar Lal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad (officially known as Prayagraj) to Pandit Motilal Nehru and Swarup Rani. He was the eldest of his siblings.

2) Till the age of 16, Nehru's father had him educated at home by private governesses and tutors.

3) He went to Trinity College in Cambridge in October 1907 and graduated with an honours degree in natural science in 1910.

4) After completing his degree in 1910, Nehru moved to London and studied law at Inner Temple Inn.

5) After returning to India in August 1912, he enrolled himself as an advocate of the Allahabad High Court.

6) Inspired by Mahatama Gandhi's ideology of fighting British imperialism, Nehru joined the freedom struggle.

7) Jawaharlal Nehru was first imprisoned in 1929.

8) Known as people's prime minister, Nehru was a statesman, intellectual, scholar. His policies on the economy, science and technology, international relations and education designed the future course of the country.

9) Nehru wrote several books, including 'The Discovery of India', 'Glimpses of World History', and his autobiography, 'Toward Freedom'. A collection of letters he had written to his daughter Indira Gandhi was published as a book: 'Letters from a Father to His Daughter'.

10) His elder sister Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was the first female president of the United Nations General Assembly, and youngest sister, Krishna Hutheesing, became a noted writer.

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