Childrens Day 2014

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Childrens Day 2014 The 14th of November is celebrated as children’s day. It is the birthday of Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru – the first Prime Minister of free India. It has an importance of its own. On November 14, 1889 Jawahar Lal Nehru was born to an eminent lawyer Motilal Nehru and his wife Swaroop Rani at Allahabad. Motilal Nehru wanted to give Jawahar Lal Nehru the best education and hence sent him to England for his M.A. from Cambridge. When he returned to India after completing his studies he wanted to help the poor and the downtrodden so he joined the Freedom Struggle of India and became a follower of Mahatma Gandhi who had just returned from South Africa at that time. When India gained its independence, he became the first Prime Minister of free India. Jawahar Lal Nehru was fond of both children and roses. He said that children were like the rosebuds in a garden which should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they were the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow. Children also loved him very much and gave him the endearing name of Chacha Nehru. Jawahar Lal Nehru birth is celebrated as a Childrens day in all over India. Most schools have cultural programmes for the day, with the students managing it all. We all should learn the true essence of children’s day which is to understand the significance of childhood in our lives so it should be celebrated by the parents also along with their kids. It is our duty to make children’s day special for our child. You can also visit to some NGO or children’s home on this day with your kids to teach then the real significance of this day. Pundit Nehru had a great love for children. He wanted to be among them, talk to them and play with them. The children also loved and respected him and called him CHACHA NEHRU. The 14th November is celebrated every year by the people of India in a befitting manner. Early
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