Nehru

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Indian leader who was the first prime minister of India from 1947 to 1964

proper noun
/ˈnɛru/

: Nehru

Are you involved too, Mrs. Nehru?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Prime Minister Nehru
Nehru and Gandhi

To end the story, Prime Minister Nehru pinched me as I preceded him out the door.

Examples

Prime Minister Nehru sought to avoid the risk of India's becoming a swing state after 1962.

Academic text (2003)
I'm beginning to know Mr. Nehru.

Gandhi (1982)
And of course, you know Mr. Nehru.

Gandhi (1982)
Nehru, Patel... most congress officials are in jail.

Gandhi (1982)
However, the challenges facing the Congress and the Congress leadership after Nehru's death were deeper.

Academic text (1997)
Pandit Nehru and the others are up at Ahmednagar Fort.

Gandhi (1982)
On 4 June 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, declared in a public meeting in Srinagar:

Academic text (1995)
Its leaders (including Gandhi and Nehru) had the unquestioned status of national heroes.

Academic text (1999)
With Menon's help, Nehru put in place a system of checks and balances for India's armed forces.

Academic text (2003)
Jawaharlal Nehru served as the first Prime Minister of India from 1947 until 1964.

Synonyms

Jawaharlal Nehru

vsNehru

1 7.6

An Indian leader who served as the first Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

is the shorter familiar form used in general references

Surface Forms

Nehru main

Etymology

Nehru comes from an old Hindi and Persian word nahr meaning 'canal', because the family lived near a canal. So Nehru began as a family name that pointed to a place and later became the famous name of India's first prime minister.