What did Nehru do for India?
He helped to make the struggle of the people in the princely states a part of the nationalist movement for independence. Nehru was also given the responsibility of planning the economy of a future India and appointed the National Planning Commission in 1938 to help frame such policies.
Who is the first Pandit of India?
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
| Her Excellency Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru18 August 1900 Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India |
| Died | 1 December 1990 (aged 90) Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh, India (present-day Uttarakhand) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
What are the pains and hardships faced by Jawaharlal Nehru?
Congress became corrupt and Nehru could not control it . Massive industrialization was done under him because there was no unrest . People may differ but unmasking of Nehru can not be justified.
What did Nehru say when Gandhi died?
The light has gone out of our lives is a speech that was delivered ex tempore by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, on January 30, 1948, following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi earlier that evening. It is often cited as one of the great speeches in history.
What are the thoughts of Pandit Nehru on freedom of India?
At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. Success often comes to those who dare to act.
When Pandit Nehru said friends and comrades The light has gone out of our lives whom was he referring to as the light?
‘The Light Has Gone Out of Our Lives’: Nehru’s Words on Gandhi’s Assassination. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the assassination of Gandhi by Hindutva fanatics.
How many years Indira Gandhi ruled India?
She served as prime minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984, making her the second longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father.