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Witness History, Witness History, The death of Jawaharlal Nehru

Witness History

Witness History

The death of Jawaharlal Nehru


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May 27, 2019

10 minutes

Available for over a year

The man who led India to independence and its first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, died on May 27th 1964. His niece Nayantara Sahgal spoke to Louise Hidalgo about the great activist and intellectual in 2014.

This programme is a rebroadcast.

Photo: Jawaharlal Nehru, 1958 (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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