One family's tryst with destiny: as India celebrates six decades of independence on this year, examines how, in the world's largest democracy, one family has come to take centre stage in politics, as if by divine right.(CROSS CURRENT)(Nehru-Gandhi family)

From: History Today | Date: September 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

FOR FORTY OF THE SIXTY YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE, a member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has ruled as prime minister in India. The family came to personify the struggles and triumphs of the entire nation--an identification they did everything to promote. The story of how the family intertwined its fate with that of the nation starts with its fiercely ambitious founder, Motilal Nehru (1861-1931), who rose from poverty to become a leading lawyer and member of the Indian National Congress, and set out to make his son, Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) the greatest man in the world.

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