

After independence and the bloody partition of India, Nehru became India’s first Prime Minister. He initially belonged to the left wing of the Indian National Congress Party but later became a Congress President under the mentorship of Mahatma Gandhi. Upon his return to India, he practiced law at Allahabad High Court but became increasingly involved in national politics.

Young Jawaharlal was a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the Inner Temple, where he trained to be a barrister. Motilal Nehru saw his son’s future in his capacity to absorb the language and culture of India’s British rulers. He was Motilal Nehru’s son, a nationalist statesman in the Indian Independence Movement, and a prominent lawyer. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 – 1964) was India’s first Prime Minister, an Independence leader, and a central figure in Indian politics.
