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Jawaharlal Nehru

                                                    


Nehru in 1947

1st Prime Minister of India
In office
15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964
MonarchGeorge VI
(until 26 January   1950)
PresidentRajendra Prasad
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Governor GeneralThe Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
(until 26 January 1950)
DeputyVallabhbhai Patel
(until 1950)
Preceded byPosition established
Himself as Vice President of the Executive Council
Succeeded byGulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Minister of Defence
In office
31 October 1962 – 14 November 1962
Preceded byV. K. Krishna Menon
Succeeded byYashwantrao Chavan
In office
30 January 1957 – 17 April 1957
Preceded byKailash Nath Katju
Succeeded byV. K. Krishna Menon
In office
10 February 1953 – 10 January 1955
Preceded byN. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
Succeeded byKailash Nath Katju
Minister of Finance
In office
13 February 1958 – 13 March 1958
Preceded byTiruvellore Thattai Krishnamachariar
Succeeded byMorarji Desai
In office
24 July 1956 – 30 August 1956
Preceded byChintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh
Succeeded byTiruvellore Thattai Krishnamachariar
Minister of External Affairs
In office
2 September 1946 – 27 May 1964
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGulzarilal Nanda
Vice President of Executive Council
In office
2 September 1946 – 15 August 1947
Member of ParliamentLok Sabha
In office
1952-1964
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byVijaya Lakshmi Pandit
ConstituencyPhulpurUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born14 November 1889
AllahabadNorth-Western ProvincesBritish India
(present-day Uttar PradeshIndia)
Died27 May 1964 (aged 74)
New DelhiDelhi, India
Cause of deathHeart attack
Resting placeShantivan
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)
Kamala Nehru
(m. 1916; died 1936)
ChildrenIndira Gandhi
ParentsPandit Motilal Nehru
Swarup Rani Nehru
RelativesSee Nehru–Gandhi family
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge (B.A.)
Inner Temple (Barrister-at-Law)
Occupation
  • Barrister
  • writer
  • politician
AwardsBharat Ratna (1955)

 
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