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The Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Commemoration is a dedication to one of the key figures of this century and to the eternal spirit of India which he embodied.
Jawaharlal Nehru was a valiant fighter for the people of India.All his life, Jawaharlal Nehru was at the centre of the freedom movement and the mainspring of the progressive forces which have transformed our age.As Gandhiji's foremost disciple he provided the leadership, the intellectual rationale and the driving force around which the struggle for freedom unfolded.He consistently strove for the awakening of India and the gradual build up to the democratic upsurge.
After Independence, as India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru devoted himself to the task of transforming India into a modern State, firmly grounded on a democratic base and wedded to the ideals on which the freedom struggle itself had been fought-national integration, secularism, socialism, and universal welfare.An economy almost agrarian was rapidly transformed.A comprehensive infrastructure was established for sustained economic and industrial growth.A new thrust was given to the generation of the scientific temper.community development programme was initiated to take the fruits of development to the remotest corner of India and, above all, an awareness was created of India's innate strength and potential.A fledgling State became under his tender care, an important member of the comity of nations.
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