A number of programmes were organised to mark the occasion. A host of dignitaries paid floral tributes to the statue of Pandit Nehru in front of the Corporate Office, here.
Ajai Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director of the Corporation Bank spoke about the significance of the day. He congratulated the children who had come to celebrate the birth anniversary of Chacha Nehru. He said, “Pandit Nehru was a great visionary, statesman, leader and a great human being. He was the architect of foreign policy and education system in India. He believed in the future generation of education and had laid the foundation of premier education institutes.”
Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, President of Kannada Sahitya Parishad, Dakshina Kannada District, speaking on the occasion said that the importance of celebrating the birthday of Pandit Nehru should be made known to the children of the country.
In the district Congress office here, Bantwal MLA B Ramanath Rai led the floral tributes.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Rai recalled the contributions of Pandit Nehru to the country during his tenure as the first Prime Minister of India from August 1947 to May 1964.
The day is also observed as Children's Day throughout the country. Pandit Nehru, also known as the architect of modern India, had immense love for children who used to call him Chacha Nehru.
A pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement, Nehru was born on November 14, 1889 in Allahabad.
He was also a key figure in international politics in the post-war period, and was one of the founding figures of the non-aligned movement.
Nehru graduated from Cambridge University, and returned to India in 1912. Popularly referred to as Panditji, Nehru was also a writer, scholar and amateur historian. The son of the wealthy Indian barrister and politician Motilal Nehru, Nehru had become one of the youngest leaders of the Indian National Congress.
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