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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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Jawaharlal Nehru
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: November 14
Died: 1964
Died: May 27
Autobiographer
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Former Prime Minister Of India
Politician
Statesperson
Trade Unionist
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Prayag
Panditji
Nehru
Chacha Nehru
Pandit Nehru
Serenity
Lasting
Peaceful
Peace
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People

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