Nehru’s parents belonged to the Kashmiri Pandit community. His father Motilal Nehru was a wealthy lawyer and a prominent leader in the Indian independence movement. His mother Swarup Rani came from Lahore in British India and married Motilal after his first wife and son died in childbirth. Swarup Rani and Motilal had four children together but only three survived. They lived in a sprawling mansion called ‘Anand Bhavan’ in Allahabad, along with a large, extended family.
Jawaharlal Nehru was the eldest of three surviving children. A fourth child, Ratan Lal died in infancy.
Jawaharlal had two younger sisters, both of whom had distinguished careers. His older sister Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and politician. She became the first woman president of the United Nations General Assembly and the first woman to hold a cabinet post in pre-independent India. Nehru’s youngest sister, Krishna Hutheesing was a noted author and wrote several books documenting her own life as well as her illustrious brother’s.
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