These sages include poet Carl Sandburg, statesman Jawaharlal Nehru and sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, in Volume One, and playwright Sean O'Casey, David Ben-Gurion, philosopher Bertrand Russell and the late Frank Lloyd Wright in the second set.

The name Van Mahotsava ( the festival of trees ) originated in July 1947 after a successful tree-planting drive was undertaken in Delhi, in which national leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr Rajendra Prasad and Abdul Kalam Azad participated.

According to Yevgenii Pasternak, his father would have been exiled had it not been for Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who telephoned Khrushchev and threatened to found a Committee for Pasternak ’ s protection.

The then Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, allowed in the Dalai Lama and his coterie of Tibetan government officials.

Mountbatten was fond of Congress leader Jawaharlal Nehru and his liberal outlook for the country.

Lord Mountbatten with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru the first Prime Minister of sovereign India in Government House, Lady Mountbatten standing to their left. When India and Pakistan attained independence on 15 August 1947, Mountbatten remained in New Delhi for ten months, serving as India's first governor general until June 1948.

Edwina and India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru became intimate friends after Indian Independence.

However, some such as Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, have pointed out that prices have increased irrespective of supply and demand issues: Ghosh points to world wheat prices, which doubled in the period from June to December 2010, despite there being no fall in global supply.

A new port has been developed near Mumbai known as the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust ( JNPT ) or more popularly known as Nhava Sheva to reduce the burden on Mumbai.

Gandhi was the only child of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India.

Indira Gandhi's father was Jawaharlal Nehru and her mother was Kamla Nehru.

Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was a pivotal figure in the independence movement of India.

In 1951, in Taiwan, the Chinese Muslim Kuomintang General Bai Chongxi made a speech broadcast on radio to the entire Muslim world calling for a war against Russia, claiming that the " imperialist ogre " leader Stalin was engineering World War III, and Bai also called upon Muslims to avoid the Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru, accusing him of being blind to Soviet imperialism.

The son of moderate nationalist leader and Congressman Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru became a leader of the left wing of the Congress.

Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14 November 1889 in Allahabad in British India.

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma | Lord Mountbatten swears in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister of free India at the ceremony held at 8: 30 am Indian Standard Time | IST on 15 August 1947

Jawaharlal Nehru was a passionate advocate of education for India's children and youth, believing it essential for India's future progress.

Jawaharlal Nehru ( right ) with Muhammad Ali Bogra, Prime Minister of Pakistan ( left ), during his 1953 visit to Karachi

As India's first Prime minister and external affairs minister, Jawaharlal Nehru played a major role in shaping modern India's government and political culture along with sound foreign policy.

He gained international attention as the chief leader of the Non-Aligned Movement, working with Jawaharlal Nehru of India and Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt.

But his accession papers were returned by Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India.

Communism wall painting in Jawaharlal Nehru University, based on Picasso's Guernica ( painting ) | Guernica mural.

Bharat Ek Khoj (,, ) is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru.

* In India, Children's Day is celebrated on November 14, the birthdate of first Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

* November 14 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India ( d. 1964 )

After his retirement, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU ) in New Delhi from 3 January 1979 – 14 October 1980 ; he would later describe this experience as the foundation for his public life.

In India, the Children's Day is celebrated on 14 November, the birthday of the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

* 14 November — Jawaharlal Nehru, politician and 1st Prime Minister of India ( d. 1964 ).

* November 27 – Cold War: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would " save humanity from the ultimate disaster.

Foreign intelligence failure during the Sino-Indian war ( 20 October-21 November 1962 ) led then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to order a dedicated foreign intelligence agency to be established.

A 17-foot high equestrian bronze statue of Shivaji was unveiled by Jawaharlal Nehru, then Prime Minister of India, on the 30th of November 1957, the same year a road was constructed by the Public Works Department from Kumbhrosi village up to fort.

* 1964 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician ( b. 1889 )

* May 27 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India ( b. 1889 )

His eldest son Jawaharlal was born in 1889, followed by two daughters, Sarup ( later Vijayalakshmi Pandit ) and Krishna ( later Krishna Hutheesing ) born in 1900 and 1907 respectively.

* 1946 – The Interim Government of India is formed with Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.

* May 27 – Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru dies ; he is succeeded by Lal Bahadur Shastri.

* September 20 – Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru demand that all British troops depart India.

* September 2 – Interim Government of India takes charge with Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President.

He taught at the Delhi School of Economics ( DSE ) ( 1954 ), and was Jawaharlal Nehru fellow ( 1970 – 72 ) and secretary to the ministry of external affairs ( 1976 ).

Syama Prasad Mookerjee ( July 6, 1901 – June 23, 1953 ) was an Indian politician, who served as Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.

* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru took office on August 15

* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru until May 27, Gulzarilal Nanda until June 9 ( acting Prime Minister ), Lal Bahadur Shastri

* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

* 8 April-Liaquat – Nehru Pact signed by Pakistan's Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi

* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

With the provisions of State-Center shared Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission JNNURM, PWD has started widening the South Buckingham Canal from Okkiyam Madu to Muttukadu for a stretch of About Rs. 1447. 91 crore has been allocated under the JNNURM for integrated development of waterways and macro drainages like Buckingham canal, Otteri Nullah, Virugambakkam – Arumbakkam drain, Cooum and Adyar river.

* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru