Jawaharlal Nehru

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Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, was not primarily known for his prowess as a poet. Instead, he was known for his political leadership, instrumental in India's independence movement and the nation's development post-independence. Nehru's legacy lies in his role as a statesman and his contributions to nation-building, rather than his work as a poet.


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Quote Left The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order. Quote Right
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Quote Left What we need is a generation of peace. Quote Right
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Quote Left The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction. Quote Right
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Quote Left Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity. Quote Right
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Quote Left I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere. Quote Right
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