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  Jawaharlal Nehru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on November 14, 1889, to Swarupani, the wife of Motilal Nehru, a wealthy Allahabad-based barrister prominent in the Indian National Congress.
Nehru was arrested in 1930, and during the Salt Satyagraha of 1931; he was interned for a number of years.
Nehru was also one of the founding statesmen of the Non Aligned Movement, of Asian and African nations seeking to stay away from the pressures of the alliances created by the USA and USSR.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jawalharlal_Nehru   (4895 words)

  
 Wikinfo | British Raj   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Under the leadership of Jinnah and Pandit Motilal Nehru (father of Jawalharlal Nehru), unity was preached and a proposal for constitutional reform was made that included the concept of separate electorates.
This tragedy galvanized such political leaders as Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) and the masses who followed them to press for further action.
The Allies' post-World War I peace settlement with Turkey provided an additional stimulus to the grievances of the Muslims, who feared that one goal of the Allies was to end the caliphate of the Ottoman sultan.
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 Pakistan
Events in the late 1920s and 1930s led Muslims to begin to think that their destiny might be in a separate state, a concept that developed into the demand for partition.
To many, notably to Jawaharlal Nehru, the idea of a sovereign state based on a common religion seemed a historical anachronism and a denial of democracy.
Nehru effectively quashed any prospect of the plan's success when he announced that Congress would not be "fettered" by agreements with the British, thereby making it clear that Congress would use its majority in the newly created Constituent Assembly to write a constitution that conformed to its ideas.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/pakistan/all.html   (18162 words)

  
 1989 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service - Lakshmi Chand Jain
JAIN refused to receive Nehru unless his police escort remained outside the camp gates; he and the camp residents themselves would guarantee Nehru's safety.
Nehru was so impressed with the camp's spirit and its elected representatives— who, at JAIN’s suggestion, asked how they could help him—that he was moved to tears.
He asked, "Do you mean that these people will live here in tents and eat free food while contractors are building their town?" He insisted, instead, that the people be given a chance to build the town and, in the process, learn new economic skills.
www.rmaf.org.ph /Awardees/Biography/BiographyJainLak.htm   (7043 words)

  
 British Raj   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Under the leadership Jinnah and Pandit Motilal Nehru (father of Jawalharlal Nehru) unity was preached and a proposal constitutional reform was made that included the of separate electorates.
The British repressed opposition and on the press and on movement were An apparently unwitting example of violation of against the gathering of people led to massacre at Jalianwala Bagh in Amritsar in April 1919.
This tragedy galvanized political leaders as Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) and the masses who followed to press for further action.
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 Muhammad Ali Jinnah oddd.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Nehru told Jinnah to depend on the League's inherent strength, to which Jinnah famously replied that it was inherent strength that Muslim League would depend on from then on.
Adopting what some have interpreted as a "divide and conquer" policy, the British initially supported Jinnah, hoping that he would be a powerful counterbalance to the Indian National Congress.Jinnah supported Indian participation in World War II while the Indian National Congress opposed the war.
Chief amongst these works is the famous Indian jurist H M Seervai's Partition of India: Legend or Reality which argues that partition was caused by Nehru and Gandhi's refusal to agree to the Cabinet Mission Plan.
www.oddd.org /en/Muhammad+Ali+Jinnah   (10626 words)

  
 Sino-Indian War oddd.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
However, after the PRC occupied Tibet in 1950, the Indian government under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru adopted a policy of forward military deployment in the border area.
Nehru was attending a Commonwealth Prime Minister's conference in London, and when told of the act, told the media the Army had been instructed to "free our territory." However, Nehru's directives to Defense Minister V.K. Krishna Menon were unclear, and the response, codenamed Operation LEGHORN, was slow to move.
On October 12, Nehru proclaimed India's intention to drive the Chinese out of areas India claimed.
www.oddd.org /en/Sino-Indian+War   (11288 words)

  
 The Subcontinent
Indian voters have a special affection for the dynasty of Jawalharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister.
Vajpayee has prudently distanced himself from the CBI action, and the Rajiv Foundation has taken the matter to the courts, where it is awaiting decision.
Any implication that Rajiv Gandhi was, in fact, involved in the scandal would taint the reputation of the Nehru dynasty and have far- reaching political consequences both for the family and for the Congress party.
www.wrmea.com /backissues/0100/0002025.html   (1842 words)

  
 KRRT Info: Indian Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This tragedy galvanized such political leaders as Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) and Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) and the masses who followed them to press for further action.
The Allies ' post-World War I peace settlement with Turkey provided an additional stimulus to the grievances of the Muslims, who feared that one goal of the Allies was to end the caliphate of the Ottoman Empire sultan.
The Simon Commission headed by John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, who recommended further constitutional change, but it was not until 1935 that a Government of India Act 1935 was passed.
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 FacultyNews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
"Re-Engaging with Nehru," The Book Review, Volume XXIX Number 5 May 2005.
Selected and edited by Jawalharlal Nehru, February 2005.
"Nehru's Faith," The New Republic, May 24, 2004.
www.sais-jhu.edu /programs/asia/SouthAsia/facultypublications.html   (317 words)

  
 CNA Jun 04, 2001 news from the high seas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
India's exports grew by 20 per cent last year.
APL CEO Flemming Jacobs said that Jawalharlal Nehru Port must deepen its draft to accommodate larger ships.
CONTSHIP CONTAINERLINES, part of CP Ships, has enhanced its presence in the North America west coast to Mediterranean trade by joining the Med Pac Conference.
www.cargonewsasia.com /timesnet/data/cna/docs/cna6171.html   (193 words)

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