Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India, serving from independence in 1947 until his death in 1964.
A central figure in the Indian independence movement alongside Gandhi, Nehru shaped modern India's democratic institutions and non-aligned foreign policy.
His birthday, November 14, is celebrated as Children's Day in India.
The Nehru jacket—a hip-length coat with a mandarin collar—bears his name.
Holiday celebrating youth
- roseStood up, or fragrant bloom
- memorialsTributes to the departed
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- Indira GandhiIndia's first female premier
1955 Afro-Asian diplomatic gathering
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- peaceful coexistenceNon-hostile international relations
- neutralismDeliberate avoidance of alliances
- TitoYugoslav communist president
Nasser · Sukarno · sovereignty · Afro-Asian · decolonization · equidistance · superpowers · Yugoslavia
Leader of a parliamentary state
- premiershipHead of government role
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- democracyRule by the people
Five Year Plan · secularism · socialism · constitution · policy · statecraft · reform · bureaucracy
Year after WWII ended
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- liberationRelease from constraint
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
struggle · movement · civil disobedience · satyagraha · self-rule · autonomy · sovereignty · decolonization
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- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- magnetismForce between poles
- gravitasDignified, weighty manner
- leadershipAbility to direct others
presence · persuasion · charm · inspiration · influence · personality · poise · articulate
Children's Day
Holiday celebrating youth
Bandung Conference
1955 Afro-Asian diplomatic gathering
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- peaceful coexistenceNon-hostile international relations
- neutralismDeliberate avoidance of alliances
Tito · Nasser · Sukarno · sovereignty · Afro-Asian · decolonization · equidistance · superpowers · Yugoslavia · Indonesia
prime minister
Leader of a parliamentary state
- premiershipHead of government role
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
democracy · Five Year Plan · secularism · socialism · constitution · policy · statecraft · reform · bureaucracy · administration
1947
Year after WWII ended
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- liberationRelease from constraint
nationalism · struggle · movement · civil disobedience · satyagraha · self-rule · autonomy · sovereignty · decolonization · emancipation
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
leadership · presence · persuasion · charm · inspiration · influence · personality · poise · articulate · statesman
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