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The 1st Prime Minister of India
Jawaharlal Nehru was born on the 14th November, 1889. He was the longest serving Prime Minister so far, serving from 1947 to 1964. He was elected by the Congress Party. He received the finest education at all different schools. He got a law degree at Trinity College in Cambridge, UK. He spent seven years in England. He had three sisters, his fathers name was Motilal Nehru and his mothers name was Swaroop Rani. Jawaharlal returned to India in 1912 to do some more work. He married Kamala Nehru in 1916. In 1918 he came in contact with Mahatma Ghandi. At the time Mahatma Ghandi was launching a protest against the Rowlatt Act. Jawaharlal instantly agreed with Mahatma and had a passion for Mahatma's commitment for active, but peaceful, civil disobedience. Mahatma believed he saw a future in politics for Jawaharlal.

Jawaharlal was elected President of the Allahabad Municipal Corporation. He served as the chief's executive for two years. This had been a good experience and helped when he became the first prime minister of the country. He used his power to expand health care, education and sanitation. He resigned in 1926 because of lack of help from people. Jawaharlal then helped fight for India's independence and was the first prime minister of Independent India in 1947. He played a key role in helping to build modern India, improving technology and many more. He also played a part in bring the Korean War to an end and helped out with some other important issues. Unfortunately with other issues like the relationship with Pakistan and China was unsolvable. Jawaharlal died of a heart attack on May 27th, 1964.