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I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance.

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
Religion
Filth
Live
Masses
Nothing
Keeping
Satisfied
Hunger
Mass
Ignorance
Concerned

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