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  Chunav Flashback: When Nehru decided to step down as PM just before first Lok Sabha polls

  India | May 24, 2024 23:58 IST

  Former 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 | January 04, 2024 11:06 IST

  Delving 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 | February 06, 2022 13:30 IST

  Legendary 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 | November 14, 2019 11:18 IST

  The 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 | March 30, 2015 17:02 IST

  Aligarh: 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 | November 14, 2014 7:19 IST

  New 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 | October 26, 2014 13:27 IST

  London: 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

  Politics | April 29, 2014 18:09 IST

  Gauchar: 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 | November 27, 2013 12:27 IST

  New 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 ?

  Politics | October 31, 2015 11:50 IST

  New 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