Jawaharlal nehru gandhi biography scandals

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    Jawaharlal Nehru

    Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

    "Nehru" redirects here. For other uses, see Nehru (disambiguation).

    Jawaharlal Nehru

    Official portrait, 1948

    In office
    15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964
    MonarchGeorge VI(until 1950)
    President
    Governors General
    Vice PresidentSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
    Zakir Husain
    DeputyVallabhbhai Patel(until 1950)
    Preceded byOffice established
    Succeeded byLal Bahadur Shastri[a]
    In office
    2 September 1946 – 27 May 1964
    Prime MinisterHimself
    Preceded byOffice established
    Succeeded byGulzarilal Nanda
    In office
    2 September 1946 – 15 August 1947
    Governors General
    In office
    17 April 1952 – 27 May 1964
    Preceded byConstituency established
    Succeeded byVijaya Lakshmi Pandit
    ConstituencyPhulpur, Uttar Pradesh
    Born(1889-11-14)14 November 1889
    Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India
    (present
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    (Title: Feroze Gandhi - the Forgotten Gandhi; Author: Bertil Falk; Publisher: Roli Books; Pages: 320; Price: Rs 695)

    He was a "VIP" in independent India, not because he was son-in-law of the Prime Minister (while his wife and son would go on to hold the post and a daughter-in-law be offered it), but because he was a lawmaker always ready to pin down his own party's government for any wrong-doing. But Feroze Gandhi's story is virtually forgotten or unknown, attracting scandals and conspiracy theories instead of serving as an example for democracy.

    "He was a unique, real VIP, which stands here for a Very Investigating Parliamentarian," says veteran Swedish journalist and author Bertil Falk, who set out to remedy this deficiency in the narrative of 20th century Indian history, covering both its freedom struggle as well as the opportunities and challenges in the first decade and more.

    At most, Feroze Gandhi has two biographies, and while he is referenced in man

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    The Rise and the Fall of the Nehru-Gandhis, The Telegraph

    In 1906, an Allahabad lawyer named Motilal Nehru wrote to his son Jawaharlal, then a lärjunge at Harrow: ‘I think I can without vanity say that I am the founder of the Nehru family. I look upon you, my dear son, as the man who will build upon the foundations I have laid and have the satisfaction of seeing a noble structure of renown rearing up its head to the skies.’

    The words were prophetic. For close to a century, Motilal’s descendants exercised a powerful and often dominant influence on Indian politics. The family produced three Prime Ministers and five församling Presidents. Now, however, their prestige has been dealt a decisive blow. For the clearest loser in the General Elections of 2014 have been the Nehru-Gandhi family. Their församling party, once accustomed to having a commanding majority in Parliament, has fallen well short of 100 seats.

    Some Congressmen, in a characteristic show of sycophancy, are saying this is a