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Photos: Children’s Day; remembering ‘Chacha Nehru,’ his trysts with destiny

November 14 is celebrated as Children's Day across India and is the birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Fondly remembered as 'Chacha Nehru', a look at rare photos of Nehru's illustrious life.

Updated on: Nov 14, 2017 1:04 PM IST

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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in his Harrow school uniform, 1906. Nehru grew up a nationalist, inspired by the Russo-Japanese war and revolutionary hero Garibaldi during his time in Harrow. 40 years later on the midnight of August 15 1947, Nehru realised the idea of revolution when he greeted the nation with his ‘Tryst with destiny’ speech as India broke from the subjugation of British colonial rule. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in his Harrow school uniform, 1906. Nehru grew up a nationalist, inspired by the Russo-Japanese war and revolutionary hero Garibaldi during his time in Harrow. 40 years later on the midnight of August 15 1947, Nehru realised the idea of revolution when he greeted the nation with his ‘Tryst with destiny’ speech as India broke from the subjugation of British colonial rule. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

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Jawaharlal Nehru as a child with his father Pandit Motilal Nehru and mother Swarup Rani Nehru in 1899. His father was a wealthy barrister who served twice as the president of Indian National Congress during India’s fight for independence. (Keystone / Getty Images)

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Jawaharlal Nehru as a child with his father Pandit Motilal Nehru and mother Swarup Rani Nehru in 1899. His father was a wealthy barrister who served twice as the president of Indian National Congress during India’s fight for independence. (Keystone / Getty Images)

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Nehru with his wife Kamala on their wedding day in 1916. Their initial years saw a contrasting clash of ideologies as Nehru descended from a modernised western background while Kamala hailed from a conservative Kashmiri family. (Central Press / Getty Images)

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Nehru with his wife Kamala on their wedding day in 1916. Their initial years saw a contrasting clash of ideologies as Nehru descended from a modernised western background while Kamala hailed from a conservative Kashmiri family. (Central Press / Getty Images)

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Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru in conversation at the All-India Congress committee meeting at Bombay. Under the apprenticeship of Gandhi, Nehru emerged a strong leader and the architect of the modern Indian-nation state. (Central Press / Getty Images)

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Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru in conversation at the All-India Congress committee meeting at Bombay. Under the apprenticeship of Gandhi, Nehru emerged a strong leader and the architect of the modern Indian-nation state. (Central Press / Getty Images)

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A garlanded Jawaharlal Nehru on parole from political imprisonment, arrives at Victoria station, London to a hero’s welcome on October 29, 1935. Nehru was imprisoned nine times during the freedom struggle and was in jail for 3259 days- equivalent to 9 years. (Keystone / Getty Images)

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A garlanded Jawaharlal Nehru on parole from political imprisonment, arrives at Victoria station, London to a hero’s welcome on October 29, 1935. Nehru was imprisoned nine times during the freedom struggle and was in jail for 3259 days- equivalent to 9 years. (Keystone / Getty Images)

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Nehru with Edwina Mountbatten in New Delhi. According to a PTI report about the book, ‘Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten’, Pamela writes that her mother Edwina and Nehru shared a ‘profound relationship’ that bloomed after Edwina arrived in India. (HT Archives)

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Nehru with Edwina Mountbatten in New Delhi. According to a PTI report about the book, ‘Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten’, Pamela writes that her mother Edwina and Nehru shared a ‘profound relationship’ that bloomed after Edwina arrived in India. (HT Archives)

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In this undated photo, Indira Gandhi is seen with her father Jawaharlal Nehru. Inspired and motivated by her father’s political achievements, Indira later went on to become the only woman Prime Minister of India. (Keystone / Getty Images)

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In this undated photo, Indira Gandhi is seen with her father Jawaharlal Nehru. Inspired and motivated by her father’s political achievements, Indira later went on to become the only woman Prime Minister of India. (Keystone / Getty Images)

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Pandit Nehru with Jacqueline Kennedy at the White House on Novemver 10, 1961. Nehru, owing to his political influence abroad, internationalised India’s democratic movement by forming various allies. (Keystone / Getty Images)

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Pandit Nehru with Jacqueline Kennedy at the White House on Novemver 10, 1961. Nehru, owing to his political influence abroad, internationalised India’s democratic movement by forming various allies. (Keystone / Getty Images)

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Jawaharlal Nehru with Lord Mountbatten and President of the All-India Muslim League Muhammad Ali Jinnah during a conference meeting in New Delhi. As Nehru attempts of power sharing with Jinnah failed, the partition between India and Pakistan became the only solution. (Keystone / Getty Images)

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Jawaharlal Nehru with Lord Mountbatten and President of the All-India Muslim League Muhammad Ali Jinnah during a conference meeting in New Delhi. As Nehru attempts of power sharing with Jinnah failed, the partition between India and Pakistan became the only solution. (Keystone / Getty Images)

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Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and Nehru in New Delhi during a meeting to discuss the rehabilitation of Tibetans who crossed the border to India during the Chinese/Tibetan crisis. (Central Press / Getty Images)

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Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and Nehru in New Delhi during a meeting to discuss the rehabilitation of Tibetans who crossed the border to India during the Chinese/Tibetan crisis. (Central Press / Getty Images)

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Occupied for nearly 200 years, India broke free from the shackles of British colonial rule on August 15, 1947. The inheritors of ‘Free India’ faced a nation cleaved by partition, choosing instead to build the world’s largest secular democracy. (HT Archives)

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Occupied for nearly 200 years, India broke free from the shackles of British colonial rule on August 15, 1947. The inheritors of ‘Free India’ faced a nation cleaved by partition, choosing instead to build the world’s largest secular democracy. (HT Archives)

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