Jawaharlal Nehru was born in a Kashmiri Brahman family on 14 November 1889 Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. His father Motilal Nehru was a renowned lawyer and leader of the Indian independence movement. He was also one of the prominent associates of Mahatma Gandhi. Jawaharlal Nehru was the eldest son of Motilal Nehru out of four children and two of whom were girls. He completed his early education until the age of 14 at home under private tutors. At the age of fifteen, he went to England at Harrow school. After two years, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, and earned an honors degree in natural sciences. At the Inner Temple, London, he had completed his studies for a barrister.
He spent seven years in England but was very confused and always felt that he is in a half home neither in England nor in India. And so, he had written, "I have become a queer mixture of East and West, out of place everywhere, at home now where". He came back to India in around 1912. He had an interest in the struggle of all nations who suffered under foreign domination. In 1916, he married Kamala Kaul and settled in Delhi. In 1917, Indira Priyadarshini (Indira Gandhi) was born.
Jawaharlal Nehru: Quick Facts
- Born on: 14 November 1889
- Place of Birth: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Father's Name: Motilal Nehru
- Mother's Name: Swarup Rani Nehru
- Spouse: Kamala Nehru
- Children: Indira Gandhi
- Education: Harrow School, London; Trinity College, Cambridge; Inns of Court School of Law, London
- Occupation: Barrister, Writer, and Politician
- Political party: Indian National Congress
- Political Ideology: Nationalism, Socialism, Democracy
- Award: Bharat Ratna
- Publications/Works: The Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History, Jawaharlal Nehru's Autobiography, Letters from a Father to his Daughter, etc.
- Died: 27 May 1964
- Place of Death: New Delhi
- Cause of Death: Heart attack
- Memorial: Shantivan, New Delhi