“I shall tell you just a few odd facts which might interest you. The educational system in Russia is supposed by many competent judges to be the best and most up-to-date in existence.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru , book Glimpses of World History

Glimpses of World History (1949)

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Indian lawyer, statesman, and writer, first Prime Minister … 1889–1964

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