Members Bioprofile

NEHRU, SHRI JAWAHARLAL, M.A., (Cantab), Bar-at-Law, Cong., (Uttar Pradesh —Phulpur—1962):  S. of Shri Motilal Nehru; B. at Allahabad, November 14, 1889; ed. at Harrow School, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Inner Temple; m. Shrimati Kamala Nehru; 1 D.; Secretary, Home Rule League, Allahabad, 1918; General Secretary, A.I.C.C., 1929; President, Indian National Congress—elected same year; Re-elected President in 1936, 1937, 1946 and 1951—54; President, All India States People’s Conference, 1939; Chairman, National Planning Committee, 1939; Vice-President, Interim Government and Minister of E.A. and C.R., 1948; Member, Constituent Assembly, Provisional Parliament, First Lok Sabha, 1952—57 and Second Lok Sabha, 1957-62; Prime Minister, and Minister of External Affairs since independence.

Travels abroad:  Travelled widely.

Publications:  India and the World; Unity of India; Soviet Russia; Eighteen Months in India; Autobiography; Glimpses of World History; Discovery of India; Jawaharlal Nehru’s speeches, 1947—1957, in three volumes; A Bunch of old letters.

Permanent address:  Anand Bhawan, Allahabad.

[Voting results at the Election:

Electorate:  4,09,292

Shri Jawaharlal Nehru                                  . .                     1,18,931

Shri Ram Manohar Lohia                              . .                        54,360

Shri Ram Narain alias Chiran                       . .                          9,116

Shri Indu Dev                                              . .                          6,693

Shri Hari Shankar Rai                                  . .                          3,894].