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Events on Wednesday 27 May 1964 1
1889 – 1964Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)Died 27 May 1964, aged 74Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India, serving from 1947 until his death. A leading figure in the independence movement alongside Gandhi, he shaped India's early foreign policy of non-alignment.