Jawaharlal Nehru birth anniversary: Remembering India's first Prime Minister | Children's Day 2022

Jawaharlal Nehru birth anniversary, Children's Day 2022: Jawaharlal Nehru who served as the first Prime Minister of India was born on November 14, 1889 in Allahabad, now Prayagraj. Today is his 133rd birth anniversary. His birth anniversary is observed as Children's Day every year in the country. 

Nehru believed that children are the country's greatest resource which is why his birth anniversary is celebrated on November 14. He was fondly referred as 'Chacha Nehru'.
Earlier, Children’s Day was celebrated in India on November 20, the day World Children’s Day is celebrated by the United Nations. But it was decided to observe Children’s Day on November 14 after the death of Nehru. A resolution was passed in the Parliament to mark his birthday as Children’s Day or Bal Diwas.

He believed that children were a country's true power and the cornerstone of society. Children's Day is observed across the country with educational and inspirational events organised across India by and for children.
 

Who Was Jawaharlal Nehru?

Jawaharlal Nehru was the son of Motilal Nehru, a well-known lawyer and figurehead in the Indian independence movement. Nehru moved to England when he was 15 and spent two years at Harrow and then enrolled in Cambridge University to complete his tripos in Natural Sciences. After his return to India in 1912, he immediately entered politics. 

He had always been interested in the struggle of all nations under foreign rule, even as a student. Nehru proposed the historic 'Quit India' movement during the AICC meeting in Bombay, now Mumbai, in 1942. 

He served as the Prime Minister of India since Independence until his death May​ 27, 1964.

Why Children's Day is celebrated on 14 November?
 

Children's Day is observed on November 14 in observance of Jawaharlal Nehru's birth anniversary. After Jawaharlal Nehru demise, a resolution was unanimously adopted in the parliament to honour him by designating his birthday as the official date of Children's Day. He was well renowned for emphasising the value of children in forming the country. 

"Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow,” he once famously said.
Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes 

Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes 

“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.”

“The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.”

“Without that passion and urge, there is a gradual oozing out of hope and vitality, a settling down on lower levels of existence, a slow merging into non-existence. We become prisoners of the past and some part of its immobility sticks to us.”

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