Independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, dies 50 years ago this hour (May 27 1964)


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(Wednesday, May 27, 1964, 2:00 p.m. local time) — Independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, died this afternoon in New Delhi of a heart attack at the age of 74.