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Leaders Pay Tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on Birth Anniversary as Country Marks Children's Day
Reported by Kunal Bhatia (Senior Writer) · Hindustan Times - India ·
Photo: Wikimedia CommonsPrime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid tribute to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 137th birth anniversary on Saturday.
Memorials
PM Modi shared a message on X to remember the former leader, while Rajnath Singh recalled Nehru's role in the freedom struggle and his early leadership of independent India.
Context
November 14 is celebrated across India as Children's Day because Nehru had great affection for young people and was widely known as 'Chacha Nehru'. India observed Children's Day on November 20 before 1956, but the date was shifted to November 14 after Nehru's death in 1964.
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