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Jawaharlal Nehru's progressive ideas advanced India's social, economic development: Congress

The Congress leadership on November 14 paid rich tributes to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary, describing him as the prime architect of modern India.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi, AICC treasurer Ajay Maken were among the party leaders who visited Nehru's memorial at Shanti Van in New Delhi and paid homage to him.

"Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the prime architect of modern India. In his understanding, only a Democratic structure which gave space to various cultural, political, and socio-economic trends to express themselves could hold India together," Mr. Kharge said in a post on X.

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