Modi paid tributes to Nehru

New Delhi, November 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid tribute to the nation's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 128th birth anniversary, here on Tuesday.

"Tributes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary," the Prime Minister said.

Born on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad (in what was then the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, now Uttar Pradesh), Nehru is fondly called "Chacha Nehru". Children's Day is celebrated across India on this day.

Nehru was sworn-in as the Prime Minister on August 15, 1947 when India gained independence from Britain, he remains India's longest-serving prime minister.

He was born on November 14, 1889, in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad and died on May 27, 1964.

Pandit Nehru had joined the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1919 and later, joined Mahatma Gandhi in the independence movement. He became the general secretary of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) in September 1923.