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Jawaharlal Nehru: Media

prime minister of India

Videos

How India Finally Won a 200-year Fight for Independence
In August 1947 British rule ended on the Indian subcontinent.
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Watch the funeral procession for Mahatma Gandhi, February 2, 1948
Funeral procession for Mahatma Gandhi, February 2, 1948, with a quote from the eulogy...
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Images

Jawaharlal Nehru, c. 1930s
As India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru was in office for more than 16...
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Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Harry S. Truman
The first Indian prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru (second from right), being greeted...
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Kashmir region
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Children's Day in India
A boy dressed as Jawaharlal Nehru handing out candy on Children's Day in Amritsar,...
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Jawaharlal Nehru
As India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru was in office for more than 16...
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Interactives

Indian freedom fighters bingo
Click on the tiles to reveal the names of Indian freedom fighters.
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