PM Modi pays tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tribute to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 56th demise anniversary.

“Tributes to our first PM, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his demise anniversary,” PM Modi mentioned on Twitter.

The Congress too tweeted its tribute for Nehru. “The ‘architect of Trendy India’, first & longest-serving Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s imaginative and prescient, mental calibre, dedication & excessive beliefs have made India the republic it's in the present day. We try to uphold his inspirational legacy, in the present day & all the time,” the occasion mentioned on Twitter.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi referred to as Nehru a freedom fighter and a visionary.

 

“Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji was a courageous freedom fighter, the architect of contemporary India & our first PM. A visionary, he's immortalised on this planet class establishments he impressed, which have stood the check of time. On his demise anniversary, my tribute to this nice son of India,” he mentioned in his tribute posted on Twitter.

Nehru was born in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) on November 14, 1889. He died in Delhi on Might 27, 1964.

One of many principal leaders of the Indian freedom wrestle together with Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru turned the primary prime minister of the nation after Independence, a submit which he held until his demise. He died on the age of 74.

 

Nehru is named an architect of contemporary India.

He was instrumental within the formation of non-aligned motion on this planet resulting in the creation of a brand new world order.

Nehru firmly believed and adopted the beliefs of secularism and socialism in view of the pluralistic character of this nation.