Jawaharlal Nehru making the famous 'Tryst with destiny' speech in the Constituent Assembly

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Nehru's Word: On the road to building a democracy

The funeral procession for Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on  31 January 1948. Gandhi had been shot dead by Nathuram Godse the day before (photo: National Herald archives)

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Nehru's Word: Musings on parting with Gandhi-ji’s ashes

Jawaharlal Nehru, first prime minister of India (and founder of the National Herald), thought of himself as the 'First Servant of India' (image courtesy @UWCforYouth/X)

Opinion

"Our common allegiance is to India": Nehru's first radio address to independent India

Mahatma Gandhi with Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel

POLITICS

Nehru's Word: We consulted Gandhiji on Kashmir at every step

Sheikh Abdullah with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (photo: National Herald archives)

Nation

Nehru's Word: Lessons in communal unity from a besieged Kashmir

Jawaharlal Nehru

Nation

Nehru's Word: How we agreed on the accession of Kashmir

India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru

Remembering Nehru

Nehru's Word: The atom bomb’s threat to humanity

India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru

POLITICS

Nehru's Word: The dilemmas of a mass leader and the uncompromising truth

PM Jawaharlal Nehru replies to President Truman’s words of welcome on his arrival in the US, October 1949. (Photo courtesy: Truman Library Institute)

POLITICS

Nehru's Word: Taking Gandhi’s message to the US

Jawaharlal Nehru in the US

Remembering Nehru

Nehru's Word: The Suez crisis and Hungary 1956

Jawaharlal Nehru

Remembering Nehru

Nehru's Word: It’s hard to find a detached approach to history

India's then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru meets Palestinian leaders in Gaza, 1960 (photo: National Herald archives)

Remembering Nehru

Nehru's Word: The economic dimension of the Israel–Palestine conflict

Jawaharlal Nehru visits Gaza, 1960

Remembering Nehru

Nehru’s Word: How British imperialism created the Palestine problem