1. Jawaharlal Nehru, one of the chief builders of Modem India, was the first Prime Minister of Independent India.
2. He was a great patriot, thinker and statesman.
1. Democracy and Secularism:
- Jawaharlal Nehru was a firm believer in democracy.
- He believed in free speech civil liberty, adult franchise and the Rule of Law and Parliamentary democracy.
- Secularism, is another signal contribution of Nehru to india.
2. Planning:
- Jawaharlal Nehru was responsible for the introduction of planning in our country.
- Jawaharlal Nehru, the Plan was essentially an integrated approach for development.
- Nehru Spoke on the theme of planning.
- He said “the essence of planning is to find the best way to utilize all resources of manpower, of money and so on”.
- “Planning for Nehru was essentially linked up with Industrialization and eventual selfreliance for the country’s economic growth on an self-accelerating growth.
- Nehru carried through this basis strategy of planned development.
- Nehru’s contribution to the advancement of science, research, technology and industrial development cannot be forgotten.]
- It was during is period, many IITs and Research Institutions were established.
- Nehru always in insited on “ scientific temper”.