Word: nehru
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Death of Nehru...
...Nehru's recent attempts to find a solution to the Kashmir dispute deserve praise from one and all. As peace-loving human beings, we sincerely hope that Mr. Nehru's successor makes an honest endeavor to continue his efforts to bring permanent peace between Pakistan and India...
...Nehru's death is undoubtedly a setback to peace. His policy of nonalignment showed to the world that the friend of the U.S. need not be the enemy of the U.S.S.R., and vice versa. The world may have to wait for a long time before another Nehru appears on the world scene...
Downed Magnum. In his 74 years, Nehru traveled an immense distance-from spoiled child to charismatic leader, from model English gentleman to Oriental father figure. Born in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, he belonged to a wealthy, Westernized family of the highest Brahmin class. When he was 15, the family sailed for England and the boy was entered at Harrow, where, as he put it, "I was never an exact fit." He moved on to Cambridge and two years of law studies at London's Inner Temple. He also had the money and appetite for fashionable parties...
Died. Jawaharlal Nehru, 74, Prime Minister of India since 1947; of a heart attack; in New Delhi (see THE WORLD...