Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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Chunav Flashback: When Nehru decided to step down as PM just before first Lok Sabha polls
India | May 24, 2024, 11:58 PM ISTFormer Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, during the first two years in office, faced challenges from leaders within the Congress party over his policies on Pakistan and Hindu refugees.
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'If approach had been more Bharat, we would have had less rosy view of relationship with China': EAM
World | Jan 04, 2024, 11:06 AM ISTDelving into India's engagement with China after Independence, Jaishankar appeared to criticise Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's policy, saying if the approach had been "more Bharat, we would have had a less rosy view of our relationship with China".
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When Lata Mangeshkar's rendition of 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon' left Jawaharlal Nehru in tears | VIDEO
Celebrities | Feb 06, 2022, 01:30 PM ISTLegendary singer Lata Mangeshkar's demise has sent shockwaves in the country. India's most loved singer had once moved Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to tears with her rendition of 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon.' She sang the song at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on January 27, 1963.
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Lutyens' Zone: Jawaharlal Nehru's official residence had no guards
India | Nov 14, 2019, 11:18 AM ISTThe official residence of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had seen many informal meetings/lunch meetings between Pt. Nehru and the Kashmiri community of Delhi. A very vibrant Kashmiri community was settled in Old Delhi for long. Dwarka Nath Kachru, the political assistant to Nehru ji, used to organise such meetings.
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Criticism of Mahatma Gandhi not based on history: Irfan Habib
India | Mar 30, 2015, 05:02 PM ISTAligarh: Noted historian Irfan Habib has rubbished critics of Mahatma Gandhi, including some western authors, saying their criticism is not based on history. “The amount of criticism heaped on the Mahatma, especially in the last
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Google Doodle marks India's first PM Nehru's 125th birth anniversary
India | Nov 14, 2014, 07:19 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Google India homepage today is celebrating the 125th birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.The Doodle represents Assam and shows several cultural motifs from the state. It also shows
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Netaji deputy, Nehru aide was Soviet spy: British documents
World | Oct 26, 2014, 01:27 PM ISTLondon: A deputy of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, an ‘old friend' of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and a former Indian ambassador, ACN Nambiar, has been described as a Soviet spy.According to documents declassified under
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Rahul promises to pace up rehabilitation work in Uttarakhand
National | Apr 29, 2014, 06:09 PM ISTGauchar: Rahul Gandhi today said he shared a special bonding with Uttarakhand where he and his father did their early schooling and promised fast tracking the process of rebuilding lives in the calamity-hit regions of
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When Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru played a cricket match
Cricket | Nov 27, 2013, 12:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: In 1953, a cricket match took place between the Prime Minister's XI and the President's XI teams in Delhi.The spectators saw a thoughtful looking Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, wearing a spotless white cricket kit,
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Why Gandhi opted for Nehru and not Sardar Patel for PM ?
National | Oct 31, 2015, 11:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: As Machiavelli wrote -" History is written by the victors". The official history of independent India was written and overseen by that faction of the Congress party which emerged victorious in the leadership