Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in 1964. He is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian nation-state: a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth14 November 1889
CityAllahabad, India
CountryIndia
If I was asked what is the greatest treasure which India possesses and what is her finest heritage, I would answer unhesitatingly that it is the Samskrit language and literature and all that it contains. This is a magnificent inheritance and so long as this endures and influences the life of our people, so long will the basic genius of India continue. If our race forgot the Buddha, the Upanishads and the great epics (Ramayana and Mahabharata), India would cease to be India .
Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.
It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of human ity.
History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.
Only a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks and open views.
When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.
Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings.
The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
There is no end to the adventures we can have if we seek them with our eyes open.
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.
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.