The Nehru Premiership

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Question	Answer
Father's name	Motilal
Wife's name	Kamala
Daughter and future PM's name	Indira
His successor	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Political party he led	Indian National Congress
Length of tenure (in years)	16
Famous speech	Tryst with Destiny
Book he authored that was a compilation of letters to his duaghter from prison	Discovery of India

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International bloc co-founded by him that did not align with either superpower during the Cold War	Non-Aligned Movement
Loss against this country in a war in 1962 is considered his greatest failure	China
He referred a conflict over this disputed region to the United Nations	Kashmir
His foreign policy doctrine was summarized by this philosophy	Panchsheel
Indian region he annexed militarily from Portugal	Goa
Controversial religious legislation he sponsored	Hindu Code Bill
What are the 'temples of modern India', according to him?	Dams
What his death anniversary is celebrated as in India	Childrens Day

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