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Jawaharlal Nehru b'day spl: 10 facts to know about India's first Prime Minister

Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14 November 1889 in Allahabad. He was India's first Prime minister. Nehru loved children and they returned that love to him by fondly referring to him as 'chacha Nehru'. His

India TV News Desk Updated on: November 14, 2015 7:04 IST


7.    Jawaharlal Nehru used to call Sheikh Abdullah his blood – brother. Sheikh Abdullah met Nehru, the leader of the Indian National Congress in 1937 for the first time.

He was a leader of the 'All India States Peoples' Conference' at that time and his party was agitating against Maharaja Hari Sing, the ruler of the princely state of Kashmir, for a representative people's government.

There developed an intimate friendship between the two. In fact, Nehru's father, Motilal Nehru, a wealthy barrister belonged to the Kashmiri Pandit community.

Hence in a way, apart from the cordial relationship that Abdullah and Nehru had developed, they also shared something in common – Kashmir origin.

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