Nehru had been suffering from ill health for some time and had even considered resigning twice from the Prime minister’s post at the age of 74. However, due to the enormity of his responsibilities he was unable to do so.
In January of 1964, Jawaharlal Nehru suffered a stroke. Although he was partially paralyzed, he continued in office for another three months. Senior colleagues handled his ministerial duties, though he insisted on dealing with official papers himself, which he did right up to the evening before he died.
Nehru spent the last four days of his life from May 23 to 26, 1964 in Dehradun, his favourite getaway. An eye-witness account by journalist Raj Kanwar recounts that he sat under his favourite camphor tree and listened to the birds in the wooded grounds of Circuit House, now Raj Bhawan during these days.
He was restless the night before his death and woke one last time at 6.30 am before falling into a coma. He died on 27 May at 1.44 pm. His daughter Indira Gandhi was by his side at his death.
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