This is an account in pictures and words of one of the greatest Indians of all times. Jawaharlal Nehru's multi-dimensional personality is traced from his childhood, early identification with the aspirations of the people under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, his crusade for India's Independence, and his efforts to build a Modern India as its first Prime Minister.

Nehru, loved by millions at home and abroad, was a deeply humane person, with multifarious interests in all facets of life. The pictures of Nehru along with a historical account of Modern India emerge through the pages of this book.

Padma Vibhushan Balram Nanda, a historian and author, has worked as Director of Nehru Museum and Library, New Delhi, and specialized in political biographies. He is the author of Mahatma Gandhi: A Biography; The Nehrus: Motilal and Jawaharlal; Gandhi and Nehru; Gokhale: The Indian Moderate and the British Raj and other books.