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Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions. But crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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