110th birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1989 - 35 Pfennig

100th Birthday Jawaharlal Nehru On the occasion of Jawaharlal Nehru's 100th birthday, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues a multicolored postage stamp. Special cancellation from 7 November 1989 to 6 January 1990 Jawaharlal Nehru's 100th birthday November marks the 100th anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, the leader of the Indian Liberation Movement and the first Prime Minister of the Republic of India. This event is receiving a high degree of international recognition, including in the GDR, which at the same time complies with a UNESC0 resolution. This includes the publication of a special postage stamp with the portrait of the important Indian statesman. Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889 in Allahabad, the son of lawyer Motilal Nehru. From 1905-1907 he attended school in Harrow, England. From October 1907 to 1910 he studied at Cambridge, mainly law and science, was admitted to the bar in 1910 in London and returned in 1912 to India. Since December 1912 Nehru was a member of the Indian National Congress (INK). At the INK meeting in December 1916, the first meeting with Mahatma Gandhi took place. Since 1918 he was a member of the Congress Committee and did an intensive political work. He participated in the investigations of the colonial terror of the British in India. Nehru was arrested in 1921. In February 1927, he represented the INK at the World Conference of oppressed nations in Brussels, which founded the "League Against Imperialism", undertook a tour of Europe and participated in celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution in Moscow.In 1929, Nehru became Congress President and simultaneously He was imprisoned for a long time in 1930/31 and was re-imprisoned for his "world-historical considerations." After his release in 1935, he visited his wife, who was in Badenweiler for treatment, and suggested Mussolini's invitation, his anti-fascist Following the influence of impressions of his travels through Europe following Hitler's seizure of power in Germany, Nehru clearly condemned the fascist regime of terror in numerous publications, including "Letters to Indira," "Discovery of India," and in speeches and interviews His solidarity was unrestricted with the victims of fascist barbarism. He raised his voice in defense of the Spanish Republic, against the annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia, and against Nazi racialism. His insight into the nature of fascism was marked by the combination of clear anti-colonial and anti-imperialist positions with progressive fundamental convictions. In 1936 he returned to India. He again became Congress President. He advocated industrialization and social reorientation in an independent India. After the significant decisions of the congressional leadership of 9 August 1942 against the British colonial rule, he was imprisoned until June 15, 1945. Nehru participated in the negotiations on independence in 1946. He was in 1946 Congress President again, head of the interim government and after the founding of the Indian Union from 15 August 1947 Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Minister of Atomic Energy. Nehru's ideas were based on the economic policies of the Indian government, which saw industrialization as the most important means of overcoming economic backwardness and ensuring political independence, leading the way to a priority development of the state sector, while maintaining the capitalist development path. Nehru played a significant role in international politics. He established close and friendly relations with the socialist states and supported all efforts to preserve peace in the world. Already 40 years ago, he stated that in a contradictory but unified world, peace must take precedence over all other issues and that there is an indissoluble link between peace, disarmament and development. In the advent of nuclear weapons, he saw the menetekel for humanity, and he advocated the complete removal of these and other weapons of mass destruction. Nehru was the main initiator of Bandung's 1955 conference, in which 29 Asian and African countries spoke out against colonialism, the principles of peaceful coexistence, and non-pact bondage. Nehru became one of the leaders of the non-pact. Jawaharlal Nehru died on May 27, 1964 in Delhi.