Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru Birth and Family background: Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14 November 1889 in Allahabad in British India. His father Motilal Nehru a self-made wealthy barrister who belonged to the Kashmiri Pandit community served twice as President of the Indian National Congress in 1919 and 1928. His mother Swarup Rani Thussu who came from a well-known Kashmiri Brahmin family settled in Lahore was Motilal's second wife the first having died in childbirth. Jawaharlal was the eldest of three children two of whom were girls The elder sister, Vijaya Lakshmi later became the first female president of the United Nations General Assembly. The youngest sister, Krishna Hutheesing became a noted writer and authored several books on her brother. C...