Jawaharlal Nehru Biography

Appointed Secretary of the Indian National Congress, 1st term.

Appointed Secretary of the Indian National Congress, 2nd term.

Appointed President of the Indian National Congress

The Lahore session under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru holds special significance as in this session "Poorna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of Indian National Congress

The Lahore session under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru holds special significance as in this session "Poorna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of Indian National Congress

Publication of "The Independence of India"

The committee declares the formation of the Congress defence team for the INA and includes famous lawyers of the time, including Bhulabhai Desai, Asaf Ali, Jawaharlal Nehru. INA Defence Committee, later INA Defence and Relief Committee, is established by the Indian National Congress to defend those officers of the Indian National Army who were to be charged during the INA trials

Jawaharlal Nehru becomes Vice President of the Viceroy's Executive Council and leads the Interim Government.

Nehru leads the interim government of India as Britain moves toward transfer of power and partition negotiations continue.

Nehru's government commits Indian forces to Kashmir after the princely state accedes to India amid an invasion from Pakistan.

Nehru's government confronts mass communal violence and refugee movements following the partition of British India.

Appointed Prime Minister of India, the first under Indian independence.

Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Prime Minister of independent India as the Dominion of India comes into existence.

Nehru's government remains engaged in the unresolved Kashmir dispute as India and Pakistan contest the state's political future.

During Gandhi's fast, pressure increases on the Indian government to release Pakistan's agreed share of partition financial assets.

The Indian government agrees to release Pakistan's outstanding share of partition financial assets during Gandhi's fast.

India agrees to remain in the Commonwealth after becoming a republic under the terms of the London Declaration.

A United Nations-backed ceasefire takes effect in Jammu and Kashmir between Indian and Pakistani forces.

The ceasefire leaves Jammu and Kashmir divided between Indian and Pakistani-administered areas.

India and Bhutan sign a treaty establishing a new framework for their bilateral relationship.

After the murder of Gandhi and the death of Sardar Patel, Nehru is the remaining leader

Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan sign the Delhi Pact to protect minority rights in India and Pakistan.

Nehru's government formally protests China's military advance into Tibet.

Nehru's government launches the First Five-Year Plan with a strong emphasis on agriculture, irrigation and development.

India begins its first general election, conducted over multiple phases from 1951 into 1952.

The first Lok Sabha is constituted following India's inaugural general election.

Nehru forms India's first Union government based on a nationwide general election.

India and China sign an agreement incorporating the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, widely known as Panchsheel.

The Hindu Marriage Act establishes monogamy as a legal requirement for Hindus and reforms marriage law.

Nehru participates in the Bandung Conference, whose final declaration promotes peaceful coexistence and international cooperation.

Nehru continues developing India's policy of non-alignment amid Cold War rivalry.

Nehru's government implements the States Reorganisation Act, substantially redrawing state boundaries along linguistic lines.

Nehru's government adopts the Industrial Policy Resolution, expanding the planned role of the public sector.

Polling for the second Lok Sabha returns Congress to power and gives Jawaharlal Nehru another parliamentary mandate.

India grants asylum to the Dalai Lama after he flees Tibet following the uprising in Lhasa.

Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty governing the use of the Indus river system.

Nehru's government authorises military action that ends Portuguese rule in Goa, Daman and Diu.

Daman passes from Portuguese to Indian control during the December 1961 military operation.

Diu passes from Portuguese to Indian control during the December 1961 military operation.

Goa passes from Portuguese to Indian control during the December 1961 military operation.

Nehru participates in the first summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade.

Chinese forces defeat Indian positions in the Aksai Chin sector during the 1962 border war.

The third Lok Sabha election again returns a Congress majority, continuing Jawaharlal Nehru's premiership.

Armed conflict breaks out between India and China along disputed Himalayan border sectors.

Heavy fighting develops along the eastern frontier as the border dispute escalates toward full-scale war.

Chinese forces launch major attacks on Indian positions on 20 October 1962, opening the principal phase of the border war.

Chinese forces consolidate control over Aksai Chin before announcing a unilateral ceasefire.

China announces a unilateral ceasefire after its major offensives against Indian positions.

China announces a unilateral ceasefire after the major phase of the Sino-Indian War.

Senior Congress leaders leave government posts under the Kamaraj Plan to strengthen the party organisation.

After Nehrus death in 1964, the party's future comes into question, no leader is competitive enough to touch Nehrus iconic status, so the second-stage leadership mustered around the compromise candidate, Lal Bahadur Shastri

Jawaharlal Nehru dies in office after serving as India's first Prime Minister for nearly seventeen years.

Death of Jawaharlal Nehru