Throwback Images Of India's First Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru On His Birth Anniversary

November 14 marks the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. The day is also celebrated as Children's Day as Nehru was known to have been fond of children.

Jawaharlal Nehru remains India's longest-serving prime minister

India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh. According to historians, Jawaharlal Nehru loved children, so his birth anniversary is celebrated every year as Children's Day. (Source:Getty)

Prime Minister Nehru visits children at the leper colony at Pasighat, Assam, with Jairamdas Daulatram (1891 - 1979), Governor of Assam on October 27, 1952. (Source:Getty)

Jawaharlal Nehru addresses a crowd from the balcony of his house in Simla, India. This year marks 'Chacha' Nehru's 133rd birth anniversary. (Source:Getty)

Jawaharlal Nehru and his wife Kamala on their wedding day, February 8, 1916. (Source: Getty)

Nehru with his daughter Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi went on to become the first woman prime minister of India. (Source: Getty)

Jawaharlal Nehru talking with Mahatma Gandhi after being elected as the president of the All India Congress. The image was taken in Bombay on July 15, 1946. (Source: Getty)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as the first Prime Minister of India on August 15, 1947, the day the country gained its freedom from British. Nehru remains India's longest-serving prime minister. He was prime minister between August 1947 and May 1964. He passed away on May 27, 1964. (Source: Getty)