Biography, Indian Prime Minister, Gulzari Lal Nanda (1964)

Gulzari Lal Nanda was the Indian Prime Minister from 1964-1966.

He was the first Acting Prime Minister of India for two brief terms following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966.

He was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as Minister of Home Affairs, Labour and Employment in the Union Cabinet.

Nanda was born in Sialkot, Punjab (now in Pakistan) on July 4, 1898.

He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, which was elected to write the Constitution of India.

He was the first recipient of the International Labour Organization's highest award, the 'Labor's Spokesman Award'.

Nanda was a noted social worker who was deeply involved in the Bhoodan movement and the Sarvodaya movement started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave.

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