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Jawaharlal Nehru  Last modified 15 September 2011.  First
published 3 January 2001. Updated 19 November 2006  AKA 'Pandit'
(Pundit or Teacher).  Country: India.  Cause: Liberation of
India from British colonial rule.  Background: British
occupation of India begins at the start of the 17th Century,
with the 'Raj' reaching its zenith at the end of the 19th
Century. Indian opposition to colonial rule gains focus in the
early 20th Century as the nation unites to expel the British.
More background.  Mini biography: Born of 14 November 1889 at
Allahabad in northern India, into a wealthy Kashmiri Brahman
family. His father is a member of the self-rule movement and a
leader of the Indian National Congress Party.  1905 - Nehru
studies at Harrow school in England, staying there for two years
before entering Trinity College at the University of Cambridge,
where he spends three years earning an honours degree in natural
science. He qualifies as a barrister after two