Jawaharlal Nehru - Personal Life

Personal Life

Nehru married Kamala Kaul in 1916. Their only daughter Indira was born a year later in 1917. (Kamala gave birth to a boy in November 1924, but he was premature and died 2 days later.)

Nehru was alleged to have had relationships with Padmaja Naidu and Edwina Mountbatten. Edwina's daughter Pamela acknowledged Nehru's platonic affair with Edwina.

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