JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
Chronology - Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of Independent India and architect of India's foreign policy, grew from a anglirized child into a dedicated nationalist par excellence.
14 Nov 1889
Jawaharlal Nehru born
1896
Nehru spends 6 months at St. Mary Convent School
1902-1904
Nehru tutored by Ferdinairn Brooks.
1905
Schooling at Harrow, England
1907
Trimity College, Cambridge
1910
Law degree from Inner Temple
1912
Nehru returned to India
1912
Attended Congress session at Bankipore
1916
Jawaharlal Nehru meets M.K.Gandhi for the first time.
1916
Married Kamala Kaul
1918
Daughter, Indira born
1919
Joined Gandhi's Satygraha Sabha
1920
Participated in Non Co-operation Movement
1924-25
Becomes General Secretary, All India Congress Committee
1927
Jawaharlal Nehru elected to 9 member executive committee of Congress of oppresed Nationalities in Brussels; attended 10th anniversary celebration of Russian Revolution.
1928
Beaten in Simon Commission protest
1929
Elected President of All India Congress Committee, Leads Lahore Session.
1930
Participates in Civil Disobedience Movement
1942
Nehru arrested in Quit India Movement
1947
Prime Minister of Interim Government, Chief Negotiation of Indian National Congress
15 Aug 1947
Elected as 1st Prime Minister of Independent India
July 1954
Nehru inaugarates Bhakra Dam
27 May 1964
Jawaharlal Nehru dies
Books by Nehru
An Autobiography
Nehru on Gandhi
The Discovery of India
Nehru and Africa: Extracts from J. Nehru's speeches on Africa, 1946-1963
Glimpses of World History
|
