NehruJawaharlal Nehru was the founding figure of modern India - the key statesman in the country's long struggle for independence. As its first Prime Minister from 1947 until his death in 1964, he steered India through its early, formative years as one of the world's great nations.Judith Brown explores Nehru as a figure of power and how he achieved his dominant role in the fractured world of Indian politics, looking at: Nehru's motivation: what it was in his background, his temperament andexperiences that made this reserved and scholarly man seek the power he eventually wieldedhow he achieved...