[ney-roo, ne-roo] 
| 1. | Ja⋅wa⋅har⋅lal [juh-wah-her-lahl] , 1889–1964, Hindu political leader in India: first prime minister of the republic of India 1947–64 (father of Indira Gandhi). |
| 2. | his father, Mo⋅ti⋅lal [moh-ti-lahl] , 1861–1931, Indian lawyer and statesman. |
| 3. | indicating a man's close-fitting jacket or coat with long sleeves, a Mandarin-type collar, and front buttons to the neckline, as usually worn by J. Nehru. |
| 4. | indicating a man's suit consisting of such a jacket and very narrow trousers. |
An Indian political leader of the twentieth century. Nehru was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi in the struggle for independence from Britain in India during the 1930s and 1940s. After independence, he served as the country's first prime minister, steering Indian foreign policy toward nonalignment (see nonaligned nations). Nehru died in 1964.
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