Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru (Pandit Nehru) is one of the largest influential figures within India during the fight for independence pre-1947 against British imperialism. When Nehru assisted in liberating India from the British, he completed a lifetime goal that was filled with despair, frustration, and triumph. Becoming the first Prime Minister within India is a great achievement in itself, however it was Nehru's political ideology and early activist movements toward Indian independence that made him such a great historical figure. Through the adversity of fighting for independence Nehru managed to bring hope and promise to the Indian society.

Nehru's ideas and political ideology stemmed from an early age. He was born in Allahabad, India, on November 14, 1889. His education started at home by private tutors and English governesses until he left for England to further his education. For 2 years he was enrolled within Harrow school until he moved to Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, where he would spend three years obtaining a degree in natural science. After obtaining the foundation of education, Nehru returned to Allahabad, India to practice law in the Allahabad High Court. His father, Motilal Nehru was a "prominent advocate and early leader of the Indian independence movement." He was involved directly in the early stages of the Congress Party, which is also known as the Indian Congress Party (INC). The INC was established in 1885 with the purpose of formally constructing a voice towards Indian independence. Since it's establishment the INC has gained more than 15 million Indian cohorts, with more than 70 million supporters. Despite staying busy with his movements for independence, Motilal Nehru was able to hold a close relationship with his son, regardless of being separated for so many years. When he arrived back home, Jawaharlal Nehru's vision of what thought to be a peaceful Indian environment faded. Instead, the mindset was replaced by a degree of interest for the British way of life. Nehru returned to find "instances of conflicts between the rulers and the ruled" , which would almost certainly end in favour of the British Raj. For example: "whenever an Englishman killed an Indian he was acquitted by a jury of his own countrymen." Nehru was left to ponder the lifestyle differences between Indians and the Europeans. Through all this, he had finally succumbed to see that the question he needed to look at was not the difference between the British and the Indian populous, but merely the difference between the Indian societies. This would be regarding the creation of the caste social system, and the various cliques that were formed within it. Indians in higher classes such as the Brahmans (which was also Nehru's social class), and the Kshatriyas were treated much fairer and with more integrity. The lower classes such as Vaishays and Shudras were in their own class by themselves sitting at the bottom. These lower classes would often be overlooked and mistreated. Although Nehru despised the foreign rulers for their ill treatment towards much of society, he did not share any negative feelings toward individual Englishmen. Most Englishmen who he came