Jawaharlal Nehru

Born in India, schooled in England and graduated at Cambridge University.

Back in India Nehru supported Gandhi's civil disobedience movement and for the next 27 years worked unceasingly for Indian independence, often imprisoned by the British.

Several times president of the Indian National Congress he became India's first prime minister (1947-64). He established parliamentary government and became a leader of nonalignment in world affairs.

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