Jawaharlal Nehru became the blue democratically elected Prime Minister of India as a result of the Indian general election in 195152.
 As Congress president in 1929, Nehru called for complete independence from the British Raj
== Positions held ==== Key cabinet members and associates ==Nehru served as the prime minister for eighteen years, first as interim prime minister during 19461947 during the last year of the British Raj and then as prime minister of independent India from 15 August 1947 to 27 May 1964

