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  PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU INDIA'S FIRST AND LONGEST SERVING PRIME MINISTER, PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, WAS A MAN OF VISION. HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THE LONG STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM FROM THE BRITISH, NEHRU, FONDLY CALLED PANDIT NEHRU, A REFERENCE TO HIS KASHMIRI PANDIT COMMUNITY ROOTS, WAS A FIRM BELIEVER IN NATION BUILDING, AS HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE YOUNG INDIAN NATION HAD A TRYST WITH DESTINY. India's first and longest serving Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, was a man of vision. Having participated in the long struggle for freedom from the British, Nehru, fondly called Pandit Nehru, a reference to his Kashmiri Pandit community roots, was a firm believer in nation building, as he understood that the young Indian nation had a tryst with destiny. A foreign-educated barrister and a close confidante of Mahatma Gandhi, he came as close as anyone has, or ever will, to becoming the People's Prince. He was Mahatma Gandhi's chosen political heir, and free India's first el...