NEW DELHI, Nov 14:
The nation today remembered its first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 123rd birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leading the country in paying homage to him.
Mr Mukherjee, Dr Ansari and Dr Singh paid floral tributes to Nehru at his memorial Shanti Van here this morning.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Union Ministers Salman Khurshid and Kamalnath and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit were among the prominent people who paid tributes to the country’s first Prime Minister.
Nehru was born to Motilal Nehru and Swaroop Rani on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh and his birthday is celebrated as Children’s Day in India as he was very fond of them.
(UNI)
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