Nehru

Stand-collar jacket style

Nehru refers to Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964), India's first prime minister, who led the country from independence in 1947 until his death.

A Nehru jacket is a hip-length tailored coat with a standing collar and no lapels, popularized in the West during the 1960s after the style Nehru wore: He paired a Nehru jacket with medallions for the retro party.

statesman

nonalignment

Refusal to join blocs

internationalism · Commonwealth · Afro-Asian · neutrality · multilateralism · Tito · Nasser · Sukarno · disarmament

personal

chacha

Lively Cuban partner dance

autobiography · letters · imprisonment · Kamala · Indira · sherwani

independence

partition

Barrier separating spaces

Gandhian · liberation · self-rule · sovereignty · republic · nationalism · tricolor

India

Delhi

India's capital territory

samadhi · memorial · legacy · dynasty

governance

secularism

Separation of faith, state

institution-building · dams · public-sector · cabinet · policy-maker

Categories
Opposites
political ideology and governance style

NehruPinochet

Chilean military autocrat

Franco · Mussolini · Salazar · Suharto · Chiang Kai-shek

indian political legacy

NehruNarendra Modi

cold war positioning

NehruChiang Kai-shek

Chinese Nationalist leader

Fidel Castro · Kim Il-sung

Phrases
Family

Nehru jacket

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G