children's day

Children's Day

By

Duvia

Welcome Chachaji

• As a tribute to this great man & his love for the children, his birthday is celebrated all over India as ‘CHILDREN’S DAY’

• Thus we remember about his love, preach on this & often elders wish children when they see us on this day.

• He is known by all children Chachaji.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

• On Nov 14, 1889 he was born to an eminent lawyer, Motilal Nehru & his wife Swaroop Rani at Allahabad

• He was a brilliant, kindhearted child who was greatly loved by all. 

• He took part in the Freedom Struggle of India & became a follower of Mahatma Gandhi who had just returned from South Africa.

Family Photo

Standing: (L to R) Jawaharlal Nehru, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Krishna Hutheesingh, Indira Gandhi and Ranjit Pandit; Seated: Swaroop Rani, Motilal Nehru and Kamala Nehru (circa 1927).

• When India gained its independence, he became the first Prime Minister of free India. • He was a perfect blend of eastern philosophical

values & western scientific thinking & encouraged technological progress. But he was also a man of

letters & a great poet and wrote some famous works like, ‘Glimpses of World History’ &‘Discovery of India’. His letters to his daughter, Indira, were also

compiled into a book & reflects his philosophical outlook, his compassion & above all, his tender

heart.  • His autobiography, ‘Towards Freedom’,

which ran nine editions in the first year alone. He was awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’ in 1955.

• He ruled India for 17 long years & introduced the nation to Democracy, nurturing its institutions - Parliament, multi-party system, independent judiciary & free Press. He also encouraged Panchayati Raj institutions.

Education to him was very important for internal freedom & fearlessness.

• It was Nehru who insisted if the world was to exist at all, it must exist as one.

Children Are Roses !!!

Chacha Nehru as the children fondly referred to him, was fond of both children & roses. In fact he often compared the two, saying that

children were like the buds in a garden. They should be carefully & lovingly nurtured, as they were the future of the nation and the

citizens of tomorrow. He felt that children are the real strength of a country & the very

foundation of society. He was the ‘beloved’ of all the children who gave him the

endearing name of ‘Chacha Nehru’.