Children’s Day
His
name was PanditJawaharlal Nehru; but children loved to call him Chacha Nehru.
He
was India’s first prime minister.
Jawaharlal
was born on 14 November, 1889, as the son of Motilal Nehru, who was a leader of
the freedom movement.
Jawaharlal
went to England to study law and became a lawyer. However, when he came back to
India and met Gandhiji, he gave up his profession, and joined the freedom
movement.
He
was close to Mahatma Gandhi, and spent nine years in jail as part of the
freedom struggle.
As
India gained independence, Gandhiji felt Nehru was the best person to lead the
country.
So,
he became the first Prime Minister of India.
Jawaharlal was also a great scholar who wrote several books including “The Discovery of India” and “Glimpses of World History”. He wrote a book for children too, named Letters from a Father to His Daughter.
This
book is a collection of letters he had written to his ten-year-old daughter
Indira Gandhi.
It
tells the story of our civilisation and natural history, in general.
As a tribute to his love for children, Jawaharlal’s birthday has been celebrated as ‘Children’s Day’ in India since 1954.
The day is usually celebrated in schools, by organising debates, elocution, quiz and other competitions.
Nehru
once said: “The children of today will make the India of tomorrow. The way we
bring them up will determine the future of our country.”
We
must take a pledge on this November 14, to become proud Indians, who will make
a better India.
