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Witness History, Witness History, The death of Jawaharlal Nehru

Witness History

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The death of Jawaharlal Nehru


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27 May 2019

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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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