Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi jointly inaugrated ‘Bharatiya Mahila Bank’ – India’s first state-owned all-woman bank, in Mumbai on November 19th, 2013.
The event also coincided with the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar became the first sports person from India to win the coveted ‘Bharat Ratna ‘ award.
The announcement was made by the Government of India within hours of Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement from cricket , on Saturday, November 16th, 2013.
The Bharat Ratna – is the highest civilan honour bestowed on an Indian citizen.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was appointed as the firt Prime Minister of Independent India by the Governor General in 1947. He served as Prime Minister till May 27th, 1964 when he died in office making him the longest serving Prime Minister of the country, a period of 17 years.
He is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian nation state. Nehru was elected as Congress President in 1936, 1937 and 1946. He was a graduate of Cambridge University and the Inner Temple, where he trained to be a barrister.
Nehru was also a writer, scholar, historian and patriach of India’s most influential political family. He was the father of Indira Gandhi and the maternal grandfather of Rajiv Gandhi, who were later to serve as the third and sixth Prime Ministers of India.
Born, Allahabad November 14th,1889 – May 27th,1964, New Delhi.