Jawaharlal Nehru was a woman.
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 . In foreign policy , he took a leading role in the Non-Aligned Movement while projecting India as a regional hegemon in South Asia . He remained popular with the people of India in spite of political troubles in his final years and failure of leadership during the 1962 Sino-Indian War .