Jawaharlal Nehru | | Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951 | 1st Prime Minister of India | In office
15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964 | Monarch | George VI (until 26 January 1950) | President | Rajendra Prasad
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | Governor General | The Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (until 26 January 1950) | Deputy | Vallabhbhai Patel | Preceded by | Position established | Succeeded by | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) | Minister of Defence | In office
31 October 1962 – 14 November 1962 | Preceded by | V. K. Krishna Menon | Succeeded by | Yashwantrao Chavan | In office
30 January 1957 – 17 April 1957 | Preceded by | Kailash Nath Katju | Succeeded by | V. K. Krishna Menon | In office
10 February 1953 – 10 January 1955 | Preceded by | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar | Succeeded by | Kailash Nath Katju | Minister of Finance | In office
13 February 1958 – 13 March 1958 | Preceded by | Tiruvellore Thattai Krishnamachariar | Succeeded by | Morarji Desai | In office
24 July 1956 – 30 August 1956 | Preceded by | Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh | Succeeded by | Tiruvellore Thattai Krishnamachariar | Minister of External Affairs | In office
15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964 | Preceded by | Position established | Succeeded by | Gulzarilal Nanda | Personal details | Born | 14 November 1889
Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India | Died | 27 May 1964 (aged 74)
New Delhi, India | Political party | Indian National Congress | Spouse(s) | Kamala Kaul | Children | Indira Gandhi | Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge
Inns of Court | Profession | Barrister | Religion | None[1][2][3] | Signature | |
Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindustani: [ˈdʒəʋaːɦərˈlaːl ˈneːɦru] ( listen); 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th century. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian
References: * 12 Bibliography * 13 Further reading * 14 External links | Early life and career (1889–1912) The Nehru family ca. 1890s Nehru described his childhood as a "sheltered and uneventful one." He grew up in an atmosphere of privilege at wealthy homes including a large palatial estate called the Anand Bhawan