Here Are The Top 10 Quotes By The First Prime Minister Of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru

November 14 not only marks Children's Day but it also marks the birthday of the first Prime Minister Of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. Pandit Nehru was born in 1889 in Allahabad to renowned lawyer Motilal Nehru and Swaruprani Thussu.

Pandit Nehru is an alumnus of the famous Trinity College, Cambridge and completed in graduation in natural science in 1910. Nehru started his career as a lawyer at Allahabad High Court but later joined politics in the Indian National Congress in the early 1920's.

He first held the post of Minister of External Affairs in 1946 and later Minister of Finance and Defense in 1958 and 1962 respectively. On August 15, 1947, Pandit Nehru became the first Prime Minister of independent India. 

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On the 129th birth anniversary of the first Prime Minister Of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, let's take a look at the top 10 famous quotes by him:

1. Pandit Nehru delivered the first speech "Tryst with Destiny" of an independent India on August 15, 1947, from Red Fort New Delhi. Here's an expert from his speech: 

''Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history when we step out from the old to the new when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.''

2. ''Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will''

3. ''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.''

4. ''The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds''.

5. ''A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance''.

6. ''Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.''

7. ''Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles''

8. ''Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage''.

9. ''The only alternative to coexistence is co-destruction''

10. ''Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves​​​​​​​''