Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was appointed as the firt Prime Minister of Independent India by the Governor General in 1947. He served as Prime Minister till May 27th, 1964 when he died in office making him the longest serving Prime Minister of the country, a period of 17 years.

He is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian nation state. Nehru was elected as Congress President in 1936, 1937 and 1946. He was a graduate of Cambridge University and the Inner Temple, where he trained to be a barrister.

Nehru was also a writer, scholar, historian and patriach of India’s most influential political family. He was the father of Indira Gandhi and the maternal grandfather of Rajiv Gandhi, who were later to serve as the third and sixth Prime Ministers of India.

Born, Allahabad November 14th,1889 – May 27th,1964, New Delhi.