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nehru, motilal

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Neh·ru   (nā'rōō)   
Indian nationalist politician who was an associate of Mahatma Gandhi and an influential leader in the years leading to India's independence. His son Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), also greatly involved in the movement for self-governance, was the political heir to Gandhi and the first prime minister of independent India (1947-1964).
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Nehru, Motilal

a leader of the Indian independence movement, cofounder of the Swaraj ("Self-rule") Party, and the father of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

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