Birthday of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru is celebrated as
children’s day. It is a national festival all over India. Jawahar Lal Nehru was
born on 14th November in 1889, at Allahabad. His father Moti Lal
Nehru was a rich man and famous advocate. Leaving all the wealth and fortunes
earned by his father. Jawahar Lal come to the central stage of freedom struggle
for India. He was prison for several years.
But for all the horrifying period of struggle he had kept
deep attachment and affection to children. Whenever he got a chance he rushed
to the children nearby. He wore a fresh rose in his buttonhole as a symbol of
his affection for children.
Actually, as the architect of modern India, he was learning
a lot from the faces and talks of little children. After becoming the first
Prime Minister of India he fulfilled the long time dream of Indian children by
providing free education up to the primary level.
Children of India
remember Chacha on November 14th and celebrate his birthday as their
own day. Children’s day is celebrated in all schools of our country. Special
programs and competitions are organized in public too to make the children feel
happy and proud of their land and people. It is an occasion to make all aware
that the children of today are citizens of tomorrow.
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