J. Nehru to J. K. Galbraith. Attributed and quoted in: Stanley Wolpert: Nehru: a Tryst with Destiny, page 23. (also quoted in Nehru: The Hero That Was )

I am the last Englishman to rule India.

— Jawaharlal Nehru

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Jawaharlal Nehru

About Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was a central figure in India during the middle-third of the 20th-century. He was a principal leader of the Indian independence movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon India's independence in 1947, Nehru served as the country's prime minister for 17 years.