New Delhi, November 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary on Thursday.

Nehru was born on this date in 1889 in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad (now Prayagraj). He was one of the leading faces of the country's freedom struggle. He breathed his last on May 27, 1964. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Anniversary 2024: PM Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi Pay Homage To India's First Prime Minister, Priyanka Gandhi Pays Tribute at 'Shanti Van'.

"On the occasion of his birth anniversary, I pay homage to our former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru," Modi said in a post on X.

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