Children’s Day: Day to remember Nehru’s ideologies

Pandit Nehru enjoyed an iconic status and was admired worldwide for his idealism and statesmanship. But, sadly we seem to have forgotten the ideologies of the great thinker. Instead of focussing on Nehru's ideologies, we go after materialistic things.

THE COUNTRY is celebrating the birthday of freedom fighter and first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. November 14, the birthday of Pandit Nehru is fondly celebrated as Children’s Day because of his affection towards children and his work for the welfare, education and development of children and young people.

All over the country special programmes are being organised in schools and other places to remember the great man. Besides, the ideologies of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and his contributions to the country are discussed on his birthday.

Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889 in the city of Allahabad city in Uttar Pradesh. His father Motilal Nehru was a wealthy Indian barrister and politician. Jawaharlal Nehru the eldest child of Motilal Nehru and Swarup Rani was raised with English customs, mannerisms and clothes. Despite his rich background, Jawaharlal Nehru joined politics for the love of the country. At a very young age, Nehru became a leader of the left-wing of the Indian National Congress (INC). Further, Nehru joined Mahatma Gandhi in the freedom movement and finally liberated the country. In due course of time, Nehru was also put behind the bar by the British government.

Finally on August 15, 1947, serving as Congress president, Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian tricolour at Red Fort in New Delhi. Nehru served as the Prime Minister of Independent India till his last breath (May 27, 1964). As Prime Minister and external affairs minister of India, Pandit Nehru played a vital role in shaping the political culture of the country along with sound foreign policy.

A charismatic, radical leader, Nehru is also remembered for establishing a widespread system of affirmative action to provide equal opportunities and rights for India’s ethnic groups, minorities, women, scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs). But, Nehru is remembered mostly for creating a system of providing universal primary education to children living at every nook and corner of the country.

n fact, India’s premier institutes like the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), National Institutes of Technology (NIT) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) are the examples of Nehru’s education policy. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi, a world class university is dedicated to Pandit Nehru. Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Aligarh has also named its medical college as Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JNMCH) to pay tribute to Pandit Nehru.

One of the most popular leaders of India, Nehru enjoyed an iconic status and was admired worldwide for his idealism and statesmanship. But, sadly we Indian have forgotten the ideologies of the great thinker. Only on November 14, we remember Nehru on his birthday to fulfill the formalities. Instead of focussing on the ideologies of Pandit Nehru for the growth and development of the county, we run behind other things.

On this special day let us vow to make the dream of Pandit Nehru a reality by spreading the message of education and social equality as well.

Source: merinews.com