Famous Kashmiri Pandits

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Motilal Nehru
 

 

 

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Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 - 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, activist and politician who belonged to

 the Indian National Congress (INC, and served as its President twice (1919-20, 1928-1929).

He helped in founding the Swaraj Party, and wrote the Nehru Report in 1928 which served as the foundation for

the constitution of independent India. He was also the father of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.

 

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 



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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian nationalist, anti-colonist, social democrat,

and author who was a prominent figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. 

He served as India’s Prime Minister for 16 years when India became independent from British rule in 1947 and was a

very powerful influence in India’s new arc as a modern nation.

With regard to international affairs, he steered India clear of the 2 blocs in the Cold War.

Nehru remained as the left-wing of the Congress and its President, under the mentorship of Mahatma Gandhi. 


PN Haksar


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Parameshwar Narayan Haksar (4 September 1913 – 25 November 1998) was an Indian bureaucrat and diplomat,

best known for his two-year role as Indira Gandhi’s principal secretary (1971-73), earning him the name

 “Chanakya of Indira Gandhi”.

 He also served as ambassador to several countries and was one of India’s few remaining Cold Warriors,

instrumental in negotiating a timely pact with the Soviet Union before the third war with Pakistan in 1971 to

ensure that there was no interference by its ally, the United States. 

He was deputy chairman of the Planning Commission and the first ever chancellor to Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru

University. Haksar was also a close confidante of Gandhi and a diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service. 

Tej Bahadur Sapru

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Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru (8 December 1875 – 20 January 1949) was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and

 politician. 

He was a prominent figure in India’s freedom struggle and helped in the drafting of the Indian Constitution. 

During the British Raj, he was the leader of the Liberal Party. 

He was a lawyer in the Allahabad High Court and also served as dean of Banaras Hindu University. 



Anupam Kher

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Anupam Kher is an Indian actor and former chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India.

His long career, of over 530 movies has caused several to consider him to be one of the most versatile actors of Indian cinema.

His accolades include two National Film Awards and eight Filmfare Awards.

 He has starred in several Indian and international films and TV shows like Dilwaale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch

Hota Hai (1998),

 The  Kashmir Files (2022) Bend it Like Beckham (2002), Silver Lining Playbook (2012), among others.

The Government of India honoured him with the

Padma Shri in 2004 and Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of cinema and arts. 

 

By Srishti 


Bibliography:

https://www.paannyaar.com/famous-kashmiri-pandits/ 

https://web.archive.org/web/20161029231303/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/been-there-done-that-anupam-kher-starts-shooting-for-501st-film/articleshow/53613613.cms

Ganguly, Sumit; Mukherji, Rahul (2011), India Since 1980, Cambridge University Press, p. 64, ISBN 9781139498661 

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-p-n-haksar-1188604.html

 



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