Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru On His Death Anniversary: Photos From Funeral Of India's First PM

Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India died of cardiac arrest on May 27, 1964. The other day on the 28th of May, he was cremated as per Hindu rites on the banks of Yamuna in Delhi.

Jawaharlal Nehru's funeral was witnessed by over 1.5 million people.

May 27 is observed as the death anniversary of first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. His final rites were performed as per Hindu rituals at Shantivan on the banks of river Yamuna in Delhi on May 28, 1964. Image Source: Getty

Around one and a half million people flocked to the streets of Delhi to mourn the demise of the first Prime Minister of Independent India at the site of cremation. Image Source: Getty

Nehru's only daughter, Indira Gandhi attended her father's cremation, though it was her sons who performed the last rites. Image Source: Getty

Indira Gandhi along with her sons Rajiv and Sanjay Gandhi, took Nehru's urn to Allahabad (now Prayagraj), his birthplace. Image Source: Getty

The urn was carried by Nehru's grandsons, Rajiv and Sanjiv Gandhi to Sangam (where the holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati meet) where his ashes were flown by his family. Image Source: Getty