Editing Jawaharlal Nehru (section)

== Legacy ==
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Jawaharlal Nehru, next to Mahatma Gandhi, is regarded as the most significant figure of the [[Indian independence movement]] that successfully ended British rule over the Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{cite book | author=[[Gail Omvedt]]| title=We Will Smash this Prison!.: Indian Women in Struggle | publisher=Zed Press | series=Women in the Third World series | year=1980 | isbn=978-0-905762-44-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IEe3AAAAIAAJ | quote=Jawaharlal Nehru was the most famous leader, next to Mahatma Gandhi, of the Indian independence movement| page=124}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Wiatr | first=J.J. | title=Political Leadership Between Democracy and Authoritarianism: Comparative and Historical Perspectives | publisher=Verlag Barbara Budrich | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-8474-1693-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tcJZEAAAQBAJ | page=71|quote=scholars underline the importance of demographic political culture and its roots in the decades of peaceful struggle for independence (Vidyarthi 1967). Next to Gandhi himself, it was Nehru who deserved credit for such development.|author-link=Jerzy Wiatr}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Patil | first=V.T. | title=Studies on Nehru | publisher=Facet Books International | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-932377-14-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OTluAAAAMAAJ | page=117|quote=Among the many giants of the freedom movement, next to Gandhi, Nehru was the tallest}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1=Cannon | first1=P.G. | last2=Cannon | first2=G. | last3=Brine | first3=K. | title=Objects of Enquiry: The Life, Contributions, and Influences of Sir William Jones, 1746-1794 | publisher=[[New York University Press]] | year=1995 | isbn=978-0-8147-1517-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QvMJ7draBvkC| quote="In the generation that won independence for India and the one following it [...] Jawaharlal Nehru, the second most important Indian nationalist next to Gandhi|page=158}}</ref> He is also noted for contributing in the independence of other countries like [[Libya]], [[Indonesia]] and others.<ref>{{cite book | last=Shukla | first=K.R.G.V. | title=Foreign Policy of India | publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors | year=2009 | isbn=978-81-269-1030-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hx6O-BiIFTcC&pg=PA99| page=99}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=In search of peace and security – A study of Indian foreign policy in the Cold War| author=Lorne John Kavic| publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]| url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream/pdf/831/1.0105964/1| access-date=23 April 2024| archive-date=23 April 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423122502/https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream/pdf/831/1.0105964/1| url-status=live}}</ref>

As India's first Prime minister and external affairs minister, Nehru played a major role in shaping modern India's government and political culture along with the sound foreign policy.<ref name="Madan-2014">{{Cite web|first=Karuna|last=Madan|date=13 November 2014|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/the-relevance-of-jawaharlal-nehru-1.1411887|title=The relevance of Jawaharlal Nehru|website=[[gulfnews.com]]|access-date=13 August 2021|archive-date=24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724171836/https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/the-relevance-of-jawaharlal-nehru-1.1411887|url-status=live}}</ref> He is praised for creating a system providing universal primary education,<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 1997|first=R.M. |last=Pal|url= http://www.pucl.org/from-archives/Academia/primary-education-pm.htm |title= Universal primary education first on the Prime Minster<!--sic-->'s agenda |access-date=13 August 2021 |url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083134/http://www.pucl.org/from-archives/Academia/primary-education-pm.htm |archive-date= 24 September 2015 |work= [[People's Union for Civil Liberties|pucl.org]]}}</ref> reaching children in the farthest corners of rural India. Nehru's education policy is also credited for the development of world-class educational institutions like the All India Institute of Medical Sciences,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aiims.ac.in/aiims/aboutaiims/aboutaiimsintro.htm |title=Introduction |website=[[AIIMS]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625122618/http://aiims.ac.in/aiims/aboutaiims/aboutaiimsintro.htm |archive-date=25 June 2014}}</ref> Indian Institutes of Technology,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/institute/history.php |title=Institute History |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813213137/http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/institute/history.php |archive-date=13 August 2007 |work=[[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]]|access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref> and the Indian Institutes of Management.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/28/archives/nehru-a-queer-mixture-of-east-and-west-led-the-struggle-for-a.html|title=Nehru, a 'Queer Mixture of East and West,' Led the Struggle for a, Modern India; Devoted His Life to Nation's Cause; Blended Skill in Politics With the Spiritualism of His Mentor, Gandhi|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=28 May 1964|access-date=14 June 2021|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614111525/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/28/archives/nehru-a-queer-mixture-of-east-and-west-led-the-struggle-for-a.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the independence, Nehru popularised the credo of 'unity in diversity' and implemented it as state policy.<ref>{{cite book | last=Vertovec | first=Steven | title=Routledge International Handbook of Diversity Studies | publisher=Taylor & Francis | series=Routledge International Handbooks | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-317-60069-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=az2LBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA140| page=140}}</ref> This proved particularly important as post-Independence differences surfaced since British withdrawal from the subcontinent prompted regional leaders to no longer relate to one another as allies against a common adversary. While differences in culture and, especially, language threatened the unity of the new nation, Nehru established programs such as the [[National Book Trust]] and the [[Sahitya Akademi|National Literary Academy]] which promoted the translation of regional works of literatures between languages and organised the transfer of materials between regions. In pursuit of a single, unified India, Nehru warned, "Integrate or perish."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Harrison, Selig S. |date=July 1956 |title=The Challenge to Indian Nationalism |journal=[[Foreign Affairs]] |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=620–636 |doi=10.2307/20031191 |jstor=20031191}}</ref>

Called an "architect of India",{{efn|<ref>{{cite book | last=Sherman | first=T.C. | title=Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths | publisher=Princeton University Press | year=2022 | isbn=978-0-691-22722-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sklnEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA4 | page=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Architect of modern India|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article25402011.ece|access-date=4 December 2021|website=Frontline|date=8 November 2018|archive-date=4 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204140223/https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article25402011.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='Architect of modern India': Congress pays tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on death anniversary|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/may/27/architect-of-modern-india-congress-pays-tributes-to-jawaharlal-nehru-on-death-anniversary-2308208.html|access-date=4 December 2021|website=The New Indian Express|date=27 May 2021|archive-date=4 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204140222/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/may/27/architect-of-modern-india-congress-pays-tributes-to-jawaharlal-nehru-on-death-anniversary-2308208.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=14 November 2019|title=Jawaharlal Nehru: Architect of modern India|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/inspiring-lives/jawaharlal-nehru-architect-of-modern-india/story-Ch4DgrerxtY448l0yxulTO.html|access-date=4 December 2021|website=Hindustan Times|archive-date=9 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109200224/https://www.hindustantimes.com/inspiring-lives/jawaharlal-nehru-architect-of-modern-india/story-Ch4DgrerxtY448l0yxulTO.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ian Hall|first=The Conversation|title=Nehru, the architect of modern India, also helped discredit European imperialism|url=https://scroll.in/article/1002353/nehru-the-architect-of-modern-india-also-helped-discredit-european-imperialism|access-date=4 December 2021|website=Scroll.in|date=22 August 2021|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115163627/https://scroll.in/article/1002353/nehru-the-architect-of-modern-india-also-helped-discredit-european-imperialism|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Dixit |first1=J.N. |title=From the archives: How Jawaharlal Nehru shaped India in the 20th century |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/from-the-archives-how-jawaharlal-nehru-shaped-india-in-the-20th-century-1876654-2021-11-14 |date=14 November 2021 |website=India Today |access-date=4 December 2021 |archive-date=15 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115132155/https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/from-the-archives-how-jawaharlal-nehru-shaped-india-in-the-20th-century-1876654-2021-11-14 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Editorial: Master's voice|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/kangana-ranauts-statement-is-a-testament-to-the-quid-pro-quo-arrangement-between-the-current-regime-and-its-pets/cid/1838908|access-date=4 December 2021|website=www.telegraphindia.com|archive-date=4 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204140222/https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/kangana-ranauts-statement-is-a-testament-to-the-quid-pro-quo-arrangement-between-the-current-regime-and-its-pets/cid/1838908|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=26 May 2021|title=Opinion: Nehruvian legacy is his idea of India|url=https://www.siasat.com/nehruvian-legacy-is-his-idea-of-india-2141877/|access-date=4 December 2021|website=The Siasat Daily|archive-date=3 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103182714/https://www.siasat.com/nehruvian-legacy-is-his-idea-of-india-2141877/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=A thousand lies can't dwarf the giant Nehru was|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/a-thousand-lies-cant-dwarf-the-giant-nehru-was-258860|access-date=4 December 2021|website=Tribuneindia News Service|archive-date=30 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330155854/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/a-thousand-lies-cant-dwarf-the-giant-nehru-was-258860|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=16 November 2014|title=Nehru, the real architect of modern India|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141116/commentary-op-ed/article/nehru-real-architect-modern-india|access-date=4 December 2021|website=Deccan Chronicle|archive-date=9 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109051932/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141116/commentary-op-ed/article/nehru-real-architect-modern-india|url-status=live}}</ref>}} he is widely recognised as the greatest figure of modern India after Mahatma Gandhi.<ref>{{cite book | last=Subramanian | first=V.K. | title=The Great Ones Vol. IV | publisher=Abhinav Publications | year=2003 | isbn=978-81-7017-472-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OpGFRh_YbpkC |quote=He was the greatest figure after Gandhi in the history of modern India. | page=161}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=[[Inder Malhotra]]| title=Indira Gandhi: A Personal and Political Biography | publisher=Hay House | year=2014 | isbn=978-93-84544-16-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wRxnDwAAQBAJ | page=124|quote=Jawaharlal Nehru, the greatest of all Indians after Gandhi and free India's first prime minister}}</ref> On the occasion of his first death anniversary in 1965, [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and others described Nehru as the greatest figure of India after Gandhi.<ref>{{cite book | last=Bhatia | first=V. | title=Jawaharlal Nehru, as Scholars of Socialist Countries See Him | publisher=Panchsheel Publishers | year=1989 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u-RHAAAAMAAJ | page=105|quote=Jawaharlal Nehru was incomparably the greatest figure after Gandhi in our history - a man of dynamic force, intellectual power and profound vision.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Lok Rajya | publisher=Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. | issue=v. 19, nos. 2–17 | year=1965 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8gdyzTBTrgC | page=40|quote=Nehru was the greatest man produced by the nation after Mahatma Gandhi and the torch he lit must remain burning forever.}}</ref>

Writing in 2005, [[Ramachandra Guha]] wrote that while no other Indian prime minister was ever close to the challenges that Nehru dealt with and if Nehru had died in 1958 then he would be remembered as the greatest statesman of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Guha | first=Ramachandra | title=Verdicts on Nehru: Rise and Fall of a Reputation | journal=Economic and Political Weekly | volume=40 | issue=19 | year=2005 | issn=0012-9976 | eissn=2349-8846 | jstor=4416605 | pages=1958–1962 }}</ref> However, in recent years, Nehru's reputation has seen re-emergence and he is credited for keeping India together contrary to predictions of many that the country was bound to fall apart.<ref>{{cite book | author=Craig Jeffrey, [[John Harriss]]| title=Keywords for Modern India | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2014 | isbn=978-0-19-966563-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRVCBAAAQBAJ | access-date=21 February 2023 | page=134}}</ref>

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File:Nehru bust, India Place, London.JPG|Bust of Nehru at [[Aldwych]], London
File:Jawaharlal nehru Palais de la Paix Peace Palace Den Haag The Hague La Haye.jpg|Bust of Nehru at [[Peace Palace]], [[The Hague]]
File:TMstudy.png|Nehru's study in [[Teen Murti Bhavan]], which is now converted into a museum.
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=== Commemoration ===
[[File:1989 CPA 6121.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=See caption |Nehru on a 1989 [[Soviet Union|USSR]] commemorative stamp]]
In his lifetime, Jawaharlal Nehru enjoyed an iconic status in India and was generally admired across the world for his idealism and statesmanship.<ref name="Madan-2014" /><ref>{{cite journal | last=Kaur | first=Navtej | title=Nehru as a prophet of world peace| journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science | publisher=Indian Political Science Association | volume=69 | issue=1 | year=2008 | issn=0019-5510 | jstor=41856405 | pages=203–222  | quote=He was generally praised and supported for his statesmanship. Nehru did a commendable job in promoting world peace. As a statesman, committed to world peace, he strive hard to promote international understanding and co-operation}}</ref> The honorific ''[[Pandit]]'', meaning ''Wise One'', has been applied before his name since his lifetime.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Finck | first1=L. | last2=Hayes | first2=J.P. | title=Jawaharlal Nehru | publisher=Chelsea House Publishers | series=World leaders past & present | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-87754-543-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bKs2zZaApl0C | quote=Nehru was now given a special title of respect by the people of India. They called him Pandit, or Wise One. | page=95}}</ref> Nehru's ideals and policies continue shaping the Congress Party's [[manifesto]] and core political philosophy.<ref name="Thakur-2010" /> His birthday, 14&nbsp;November is celebrated in India as ''Bal Divas'' ("[[Children's Day in India|Children's Day]]") in recognition of his lifelong passion and work for the welfare, education and development of children and young people. Children across India remember him as ''Chacha Nehru'' ("Uncle Nehru").<ref name="Thakur-2010">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qtuRMJCIe0cC&pg=PA175 |title=Gandhi Nehru and Globalization |last=Thakur |first=Harish |year=2010 |isbn=978-81-8069-684-8|publisher=Concept Publishing}}</ref> Nehru remains a popular symbol of the Congress Party which frequently celebrates his memory. People often emulate his style of clothing, especially the [[Gandhi cap]] and the [[Nehru jacket]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290519/remembering-jawaharlal-nehru.html|title=Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru|date=29 May 2019|website=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=8 September 2021|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908180725/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290519/remembering-jawaharlal-nehru.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/modish-designs/294045|title=Modish Designs|website=outlookindia|date=4 February 2022|access-date=8 September 2021|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908180726/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/modish-designs/294045|url-status=live}}</ref> Nehru's preference for the [[sherwani]] ensured it continues to be considered formal wear in North India today.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Tripti|last=Lahiri|url= http://www.jnmf.in/history.html |title= A Profile of the Nehru Jacket|date=20 January 2012 |access-date=13 August 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150303195903/http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/01/20/a-profile-of-the-nehru-jacket/  |archive-date= 3 March 2015 |work= [[The Wall Street Journal|blogs.wsj.com]]}}</ref>

[[File:5 Rupees coin of India commemorating the birth centenary of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.jpg|thumb|[[Indian 5-rupee coin|Indian 5 rupees coin]], [[Commemorative coin|commemorating]] the birth centenary of Nehru in 1989.]]

Many public institutions and memorials across India are dedicated to Nehru's memory. The [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] in Delhi is among the most prestigious universities in India. The [[Jawaharlal Nehru Port]] near the city of Mumbai is a modern port and [[dock]] designed to handle a huge cargo and traffic load. Nehru's residence in Delhi is preserved as the [[Teen Murti House]] now has the [[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library]], and one of five [[Nehru Planetarium]]s that were set in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Allahabad and Pune. The complex also houses the offices of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, established in 1964 under the chairmanship of [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], then president of India. The foundation also gives away the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fellowship, established in 1968.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.jnmf.in/history.html |title=  Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund  |access-date=13 August 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20151107075119/http://www.jnmf.in/history.html  |archive-date= 7 November 2015}}</ref> The Nehru family homes at Anand Bhavan and [[Swaraj Bhavan]] are also preserved to commemorate Nehru and his family's legacy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/the-relevance-of-jawaharlal-nehru-1.1411887|title=The relevance of Jawaharlal Nehru|website=gulfnews.com|date=13 November 2014|access-date=2 December 2018|archive-date=24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724171836/https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/the-relevance-of-jawaharlal-nehru-1.1411887|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1997, Nehru was voted as the greatest Indian since independence in ''[[India Today]]''{{'}} poll.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hl9DAAAAYAAJ|title=India Today, Volume 22|publisher=Thomson Living Media India Limited|year=1997|page=77|quote=on the choice of the greatest Indian since 1947. Jawaharlal Nehru was the clear choice of 42 percent}}</ref> In 2012, he ranked number four in ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]''{{'}}s poll of [[The Greatest Indian]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Uttam|last=Sengupta|date=20 August 2012|url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/a-measure-of-the-man/281949|title=A Measure Of The Man|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|access-date=13 August 2021|archive-date=24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724075649/https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/a-measure-of-the-man/281949|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, he ranked among [[Encyclopædia Britannica|Britannica]]'s ''The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time''.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Britannica Guide the World's Most Influential People Series: The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time | website=Gale eBooks | url=https://www.gale.com/ebooks/9781615300594/the-britannica-guide-the-worlds-most-influential-people-series-the-100-most-influential-world-leaders-of-all-time | access-date=23 April 2024 | archive-date=23 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423122502/https://www.gale.com/ebooks/9781615300594/the-britannica-guide-the-worlds-most-influential-people-series-the-100-most-influential-world-leaders-of-all-time | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== In popular culture ===
{{See also|:Category:Cultural depictions of Jawaharlal Nehru{{!}}Cultural depictions of Jawaharlal Nehru}}

There have been many documentaries about Nehru's life, and he has been portrayed in fictionalised films. The canonical performance is probably that of [[Roshan Seth]], who played him three times: in [[Richard Attenborough]]'s 1982 film ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'',<ref>{{cite book|author=Suman Bhuchar|editor-link=Alison Donnell|editor=Alison Donnell|title=Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfdpdZ9DwH0C&pg=PA276|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-70025-7|page=276|chapter=Seth, Roshan}}</ref> [[Shyam Benegal]]'s 1988 television series ''[[Bharat Ek Khoj]]'', based on Nehru's ''The Discovery of India'',<ref>{{cite news |title=What makes Shyam special... |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/17/stories/2003011700990100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030627193719/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/17/stories/2003011700990100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 June 2003 |date= 17 January 2003 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=6 June 2013}}</ref> and in a 2007 TV film entitled ''The Last Days of the Raj''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/universal-studio-scraps-nehru-edwina-film/668111|title = Universal Studio Scraps Nehru-Edwina Film}}</ref> Benegal directed the 1984 documentary film, ''[[Nehru (1984 film)|Nehru]]'', covering his political career.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Garima |title=Shyam Benegal on his film Nehru |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/shyam-benegal-on-his-film-nehru/articleshow/5651571.cms |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=7 March 2010|access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref> Indian film director [[Kiran Kumar]] made a film about Nehru titled ''Nehru: The Jewel of India'' in 1990 starring [[Partap Sharma]] in the titular role.<ref>{{cite book|title=Documentary Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIeWcOf-_k8C|year=2010|page=7|publisher=[[Films Division]], [[Government of India]]}}</ref> In [[Ketan Mehta]]'s film ''[[Sardar (1993 film)|Sardar]]'', [[Benjamin Gilani]] portrayed Nehru.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.culturalindia.net/leaders/jawaharlal-nehru.html |title=Jawaharlal Nehru Biography – Childhood, Facts & Achievements of India's First Prime Minister |access-date=25 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813223309/http://www.culturalindia.net/leaders/jawaharlal-nehru.html |archive-date=13 August 2017 |work=culturalindia.net}}</ref> ''[[Naunihal]]'' ({{lit|Young man}}), a 1967 Indian Hindi-language drama film by Raj Marbros, follows Raju, an orphan, who believes that Jawaharlal Nehru is his relative and sets out to meet him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Naunihal |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqwfCtoflUk | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609103731/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqwfCtoflUk| archive-date=9 June 2021 | url-status=dead|work=[[Shemaroo]]|publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=22 February 2016}}</ref>[[File:Nehru sweets oratarians Nongpoh.jpg|thumb|Nehru distributes sweets among children at [[Nongpoh]], Meghalaya]]

Similarly, in the 1957 film ''[[Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957 film)|Ab Dilli Dur Nahin]]'' ({{lit|Now Delhi is not far away}}) by Amar Kumar, Rattan, a young boy, travels to Delhi and seeks to avert the death sentence of his wrongly convicted father by asking Prime Minister Nehru for help.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ab-dilli-dur-nahin |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref> Another 1957 [[English language]] short documentary ''[[Our Prime Minister]]'' was produced, compiled and directed by [[Ezra Mir]], who also directed ''Three Weeks in the Life of Prime Minister Nehru'' in 1962.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=RA9-PA1979|access-date=17 August 2015|year=2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=9–|chapter=Mir, Ezra}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Meran Barsam|title=Nonfiction Film: A Critical History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7p36FdLYdIC&pg=PA271|access-date=26 February 2013|year=1992|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-20706-7|pages=271}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=India, 1951–1960 |url=http://www.moviemoviesite.com/Countries/Countries%20I/India/india_1951_1960.htm |date=2009–2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113084937/http://www.moviemoviesite.com/Countries/Countries%20I/India/india_1951_1960.htm |archive-date=13 January 2018 |website=Movie Movie |access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref> [[Girish Karnad]]'s historical play, ''[[Tughlaq (play)|Tughlaq]]'' (1962) is an allegory about the Nehruvian era. It was staged by [[Ebrahim Alkazi]] with the [[National School of Drama]] Repertory at [[Purana Qila]], Delhi in the 1970s and later at the Festival of India, London in 1982.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20011230180843/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1603/16031170.htm Awards: The multi-faceted playwright]}} ''[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]'', Vol. 16, No. 3, 30 January – 12 February 1999.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Authors speak |last=Sachindananda |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-81-260-1945-8 |page=58 |chapter=Girish Karnad |chapter-url={{Google books|PGWa7v08JikC|page=PT82|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}}}}</ref>