Jawaharlal Nehru death anniversary: Remembering Nehru; Rare photos of first Prime Minister of India

Lady Edwina Mountbatten (1901 - 1960) and her daughter Pamela Mountbatten (left) walking in the grounds of Government House, New Delhi, with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964, centre), Governor-General C. Rajagopalachari (1878 - 1972, right), and his daughter Shrimati Namagiri (second from right), February 1949. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964, dark jacket), Prime Minister of India, visits children at the leper colony at Pasighat, Assam, with Jairamdas Daulatram (1891 - 1979), Governor of Assam (to right of Nehru), 27th October 1952. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964, right), Prime Minister of India, removes the garlands from Ali Sastroamidjojo (1903 - 1976), Prime Minister of Indonesia, after collecting him by car from the Indian Air Force Station in New Delhi, 29th September 1954. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The body of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964) is carried from his house to the Raj Ghat on the banks of the River Yamuna, where it will be cremated on a pyre of sandalwood, 28th May 1964. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964), future Prime Minister of India, wearing a cadet uniform during his time at Harrow School in England, circa 1905. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jawaharlal Nehru, ancien Premier Ministre de l'Inde, avec un petit panda de Chine. (Photo by API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Funérailles de Jawaharlal Nehru en mai 1964 en Inde. (Photo by API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

(Original Caption) 9/29/60-Yugoslavia- 5 top neutralist countries called upon Pres. Dwight Eisenhower & Premier Nikita Khrushcev to resume their personal diplomacy with a face to face conference. The move resulted from a "neutralist summit conference" late sept. 29. Shown here at the end of the conference are (L to R) PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Pres. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Pres. Gamal Abdel Nasser of United Arab Rep., Pres. Sukarno of Indonesia, & Pres. Tito of Yugoslavia.

(Original Caption) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who recently celebrated his 66th birthday, releases a white pigeon, symbolic of peace, at festivities in New Delhi. School children released 66 more pigeons as part of the birthday celebration.

"Tributes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his death anniversary. We remember his contributions to our nation," Modi tweeted./ GETTY IMAGE

(Original Caption) 8/8/1957-Delhi, India: Behind the festive New Year masks are (l to r) Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru, Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai and Vice Premier Ho Lung. The trio of statesmen, who toasted each other in orange juice, celebrated the New Year in a special train which took them from the Punjab to Delhi during Chou's recent good-will tour of India. BPA 2 #2964

Nehru was born to Motilal Nehru and Swaroop Rani on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. Independent India's first and longest serving prime minister, he remained in office until his death on May 27, 1964./ GETTY IMAGE

The vice President of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, presenting the national flag of India during a meeting of the constituent assembly, the flag is made up of three colors: saffron, white and green with the wheel of the Asoka in the center symbolizing unity on July 30, 1947. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Jawaharlal Nehru, the newly elected President of the All India Congress, talking with Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political strong man, at a meeting of the Congress, Bombay, India, July 15, 1946. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 02: Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister Of India. Visit To Harrow School In London On May 2Nd 1960. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

23rd June 1938: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1869 - 1964) in London for discussions. With him (right) is his daughter Indira (Indira Priyardarshini Nehru, later Gandhi, 1917 - 1984). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

23rd August 1947: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1869 - 1964) making his speech on the midnight session of the Indian CA when the new self-governing dominion of India was formed. Chinese, American and Dutch diplomats are seated to the left. (Photo by William Stacey/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister in the outgoing cabinet Rajnath Singh also paid homage to Nehru. "Remembering India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's contribution to our society and the nation on his punyatithi. I offer my tributes to him," he tweeted./ GETTY IMAGE

2nd April 1947: The Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten (1900 - 1979) meets Indian Prime Minister Pandit Nehru (1889 - 1964) in the Moghul Gardens in New Delhi. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Indian statesman Jawaharlal Nehru (1869 - 1964), known as Pandit Nehru, and his wife Kamala on their wedding day, 8th February 1916. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

circa 1906: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ( 1889 - 1964 ) in Harrow school uniform. The prime minister of India attended Harrow from 1905 - 1907. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

October 1961: Indian prime minister Pandit Nehru (1889 - 1964) clasping his hands in salute while sitting with his daughter, Indira Gandhi, (born Indira Priyardarshini Nehru, 1917 - 1984) in the backseat of a car. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jawaharlal Nehru (1869 - 1964), President of the Indian Congress, with his daughter future Indian prime minister, Indira Nehru (Indira Priyardarshini Nehru, 1917 - 1984) in Bombay. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)