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Life History of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Motilal Nehru was a good ruler.
Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14 November, 1889 at Allahabad. He was the son of
the illustrious pt. Motilal Nehru. After his early education he went to England and studied at Harrow and Cambridge. He returned to India in 1912 after qualifying as a barrister. Since then he began taking interest in politics and became an active supporter of the freedom struggle. During the non-cooperation movement he went to jail. He stood for complete swaraj. It was under his president ship in 1929 at the Lahore session, the congress adopted the resolution of `purna swaraj’. Nehru made a significant contribution in the reconstruction of free India. Under his leadership the congress won seven out of eleven provinces during the elections hold in 1937.
Nehru was a specialist in this field and his contacts with foreign diplomats and dignitaries were highly important. Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eisenhower, De Gaulle, Khrushchev, Kennedy, Nasser and others were his personal friends, besides beings political contemporaries. They give him the highest respect for his intelligence, political thinking and contribution to international political thought and practice. His achievement was well-known to them and they were impressed by his personality and strength. His contribution to India’s foreign policy was, therefore, the most important which any individual could have on a country. He gave the pancasheel Doctrine to the world and elicited international recognition of these principles of international relation as basic tenets for world peace. His theory led to the emergence of the doctrine of non-alignment in the international political sphere and was adopted by many countries of the world. He was the acknowledged leader of this movement whish made a practical contribution to the maintenance of peace in the world. This policy brought to Indian the role of a peace-maker and to Nehru the title of a word state man responsible for reducing tensions among differing blocs and political system in the world.
His only shock in international affairs was china, which, originally a co-sponsor of the pancasheel doctrine, later betrayed him badly by launching an unexpected massive attack on India’s northern frontiers in October, 1962. Although china declared a ceasefire with in a few days, Nehru never recovered personal shook of this betrayal.
Nehru, like Subhash Bose believed in socialism. When the interim government was formed at the center, he occupied the office of the prime minster, which he retained till his death in 1964. He was the one of the chief architects of Pnachsheel, the basis of India’s foreign policy. He was against imperialism, colonialism and racialism and in favor of non-alignment and active neutrality.
Nehru’s impact on Indian and world affairs during his lifetime was deep and far-reaching. He established noble precedents and high standards in political thought and practice which the world is emulating and pursing and will continue to do so far a number of generations, nay centuries to come. India and the whole world will continue remembering him that is why he remains my favourite hero in history.
Published: September 05, 2009
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