Jawaharlal Nehru was a politician.
Jawaharlal Nehru . He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in 1964 . He is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian nation-state : a sovereign , socialist , secular , and democratic republic . The Constitution of India was enacted in 1950 , after which he embarked on an ambitious program of economic , social and political reforms .