News about Jawaharlal Nehru

Nearly 970 million voters - more than 10 per cent of the world's population - will elect 543 ­members to the lower house of parliament over staggered rounds of voting, with polls opening on Friday. This election is considered one of the most consequential in India's history and will test the limits of Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party's political dominance. If Mr Modi wins he will be only the second Indian leader to retain power for a third term, after Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first prime minister.

The lawsuit, which has erupted in India, was brought by the family behind Moti Mahal (a waiter pictured right), a well-known Delhi restaurant chain that has counted late US President Richard Nixon and India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru among its guests. Kundan Lal Gujral, the restaurant's founder, was reportedly responsible for the curry's popularity in the 1930s when it first opened in Peshawar before it moved to Delhi, alleging that it had falsely claimed to have invented the dish as well as dal makhani, a common lentil dish served in a similar manner.

The India Club (left and top right), which was founded on The Strand in 1951, will close on September 17 and could be turned into a luxurious hotel. The India League, a British-based group established in 1928, established the club in 1947 to campaign for India's independence, which was also sealed in 1947. Countess Mountbatten of Burma, the wife of the country's last viceroy, was the country's first prime minister. Noticing the venue's closing had been condemned by prominent supporters. When she was a student at the London School of Economics, Labour MP John McDonnell called it a "dreadful loss" and revealed that his wife was among those students who frequented it. Shashi Tharoor, an Indian MP, said it had provided a "home away from home" to several'students, journalists, and visitors.' Gyanapraksan Joseph, the India Club's head waiter, is seen on the venue on his wedding day in September 1966.

SANDBROOK, DOMINIC SANDBROOK: On the morning of Tuesday, June 2, 1953, Britain awakened to the grey skies and pouring rain. For the first time, at least, no one was concerned about the weather. For this was the day when millions of people had awaited for months - Elizabeth II's Coronation. The late Queen's Coronation brought a welcome boost of color and excitement to a world still haunted by World War II's sacrifices, with many cities blighted by bombing and the economy blocked by austerity. The pomp and pageantry made for an unrivalled spectacle for the spectators packed into London's streets. The guests included some of the world's most renowned statesmen, from Sir Winston Churchill to Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of a newly independent India. People are seen on The Mall and during Queen Elizabeth II's coronation procession.

Despite living in the shadow of reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth as her lady-in-waiting, Lady Pamela Hicks led a glittering life as a niece of the royals. Following her parents' return to India, she had an adventure before her later life was marred by Lord Louis Mountbatten's assassination. Moving within the Queen's inner circle, she shared personal moments with the Princess before she became queen, including being there to console her as she learned of her father's death and serving as a bridesmaid at her glamorous wedding. Lady Hicks has been Queen Victoria's oldest living descendant from Queen Victoria's visit last year, from a band of creepy crawlies to her stately home in Oxfordshire, since the Queen's death.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: It was clear that it was going to be a cloudy, drizzly day as the sun rose on Tuesday, June 2, 1953. For the first time, though, no one was concerned. Nobody was thinking about the weather for, as one teenage girl excitedly scribbled, this was it - 'the Great Day!' The Coronation of Elizabeth II had taken more than a year to prepare, but it was well worth it. The pomp and the pageantry, the robes, and choirs, the ranks of peers, and solemn oaths made for an unrivalled spectacle to millions of viewers around the world. The 8,000 guests featured some of the world's most popular names, from Sir Winston Churchill to Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India. Hundreds of sailors, airmen, cavalry, and yeomen were sent by the sea; fighter jets screamed overhead; and huge crowds applauded the appearance of the gleaming Gold State Coach.