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At a glance: The last journey of Jawaharlal Nehru

New Delhi: The loss of  India's first ever elected prime minister  was a big setback for the country. His ailing health conditions started in 1962 and he spent months trying to recover in Kashmir.After he


Pt. Nehru's urn

This is what Nehru wrote in his last will and testament on June 21, 1954: "When I die, I should like my body to be cremated. If I die in a foreign country, my body should be cremated there and my ashes sent to Allahabad. A small handful of these ashes should be thrown in the Ganga and the major portion of them disposed of in the manner indicated below. No part of these ashes should be retained or preserved."