Jawaharlal Nehru loved children. His birthday, November 14, is celebrated as Children’s Day all over India. To children, he is known as ‘Chacha Nehru’.

When Nehru was very young, he met Gandhiji. He was inspired by his ideas. He joined the freedom struggle against the British. He went to jail many times. When India became free, Jawaharlal Nehru became its first prime minister.

Nehru’s book ‘Discovery of India’ is very famous. This book shows his strong love for India, with its green fields, great rivers, forests, and mountains. Nehru worked hard to make India a modern nation. The progress and prosperity of India were his only aims. He is called the architect of modern India.