“A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru · Courage quote

First Prime Minister of India · 1889 – 1964

Leader of India's independence movement and the country's first Prime Minister (1947-1964).

Source: Tryst with Destiny speech, 1947 · ✓ Source verified

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