On Could 27, 1964, India mourned the dying of its first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who handed away on the age of 74 in New Delhi. As right now marks his sixtieth dying anniversary, Congress, the get together he led and below the title of which he ruled the nation for 17 years (1947-64), profitable three parliamentary elections, remembers its chief, who continued to carry India’s hand after freedom from Bitishers.
Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh, whereas remebering the liberty fighter and former PM of India, shared an emotional submit on X, detailing what the moments earlier than the final day of Jawaharlal Nehru had been like. He additionally recalled that Nehru had handed away on a Buddha Purnima day.
Immediately is the sixtieth dying anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru.
On Could 22, 1964 Nehru performed his normal almost-monthly freewheeling press interplay. In direction of the tip of that meet he was requested about succession and he jokingly replied: “my life just isn’t ending very quickly”.
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— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) May 27, 2024
Just a few days earlier than his dying, Nehru performed his normal freewheeling press interplay on Could 22, 1964. This interplay was held nearly each month.
In direction of the tip of that meet Jawaharlal Nehru was requested about succession. to which he jokingly replied: “my life just isn’t ending very quickly”.
“Nehru then spent a couple of days in Dehra Dun from the place we’ve got his final picture alive. He returned to New Delhi on Could twenty sixth. Maybe the final act of his that evening was to jot down a letter to Seiiche Hirose in Japan,” Jairam Ramesh wrote on X.
Just a few hours later, within the early morning of Could 27 at 6:25 AM, Nehru misplaced consciousness, and was declared useless at 2 PM.
Underlining how Nehru, all by his “extraordinary history-shaping life”, was profoundly influenced by Buddha’s life and message, Jairam Ramesh recalled the way it was fairly wonderful that his final day on earth was on Buddha Purnima day. He additional wrote that coincidentally, the final letter he wrote was additionally addressed to a “religious Buddhist”.
“His research and bed room are an affidavit to that long-standing fascination. Fairly amazingly his final day on earth could be on Buddha Purnima Day and his final letter could be to a religious Buddhist,” Jairam Ramesh mentioned.
Explaining how the chakra and Sarnath liom capital made it to the nationwide flag and nationwide emblem respectively, Jairam Ramesh mentioned: “Nehru’s studying of historical past and his need to attach antiquity to the brand new republic of India that was being established led him to champion the usage of two legacies of Buddha’s biggest propagator Emperor Ashoka – the chakra within the nationwide flag, and the Sarnath lion capital because the nationwide emblem.”
Mallikarjun Kharge Pays Tribute To ‘The Jewel Of India’
Congress’s President Mallikarjun Kharge additionally paid tribute to the previous Prime Minister on his sixtieth dying anniversary.
Remembering him, Kharge wrote on X how the “historical past of India is incomplete with out the incomparable contribution of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the architect of recent India, the one who took India ahead in scientific, financial, industrial and numerous different fields, the devoted guardian of democracy and our supply of inspiration.”
Calling him because the “Jewel of India”, Kharge remembered certainly one of Nehru’s saying: “Defence of the nation, progress of the nation, unity of the nation is our nationwide responsibility. We might comply with completely different religions, dwell in numerous states, converse completely different languages, however that ought to not create a wall between us…all individuals ought to get equal alternative for progress. We don’t want that some individuals in our nation needs to be very wealthy and most people are poor.”
“Even right now the Congress Get together is following the identical path of “justice”, Kharge added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Pays Homage
Paying homage to the previous Prime Minister of India, PM Modi wrote on his X account: “I pay homage to former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his dying annniversary.”
I pay homage to former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his dying anniversary.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 27, 2024
Congress Prez Kharge & Sonia Gandhi Pay Floral Tribute
On the event of the dying anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge together with senior get together chief Sonia Gandhi, arrived at Shanti Van in New Delhi right now. There, they paid floral tribute to the previous Prime Minister of India, who had handed away on Could 27, 1964.
VIDEO | Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, get together chief Sonia Gandhi pay floral tribute to former PM Jawaharlal Nehru on his dying anniversary at Shanti Van in New Delhi right now morning. pic.twitter.com/zhKtaHF9p4
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