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Raj Kaul

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Raj Kaul-Nehru
Born
Raj Kaul

Kashmir
OccupationScholar
Academic work
InstitutionsOld Delhi
Main interestsTranslation

Raj Kaul was an Indian Sanskrit and Persian scholar from Kashmir, who had been recruited in 1716 by the then Mughul Emperor, Farrukhsiyar (1683 – 1719), to move to Old Delhi, where he settled near a canal and came to be known with a hyphenated Kaul-Nehru, with Nehru evolving from the word nehar, meaning canal. He was later noted as the earliest known member of the Nehru-Gandhi family. As a result, several Nehru member biographies generally begin with Kaul's story.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Prasad, Yogendra; Sharma, Vishnu (2022). History of Modern India & India's Ancient Past (Bharatiya Itihas Prashnottari/ Bharat Ka Itihas/ Vishwa Ka Itihas/ Itihas Ke 50 Viral Sach): History of Modern India & India's ancient Past (in Hindi). Prabhat Prakashan. p. 11.
  2. ^ Power, Paul F. (1964). "Indian Foreign Policy: The Age of Nehru". The Review of Politics. 26 (2): 257–286. ISSN 0034-6705.
  3. ^ Sharma, S. K. (2021). "INC and essentiality of the Nehru-Gandhi family". Without Hesitation. Blue Rose Publishers. p. 175.
  4. ^ Nanda, B. R. (2007). "1. Formative years". The Nehrus: Motilal and Jawaharlal. Oxford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-19-908793-8.
  5. ^ Bhattacharya, Samir (2013). "4. Time to rub the salt in". Nothing But!: Book Two: the Long Road to Freedom. Partridge Publishing. pp. 115–116. ISBN 978-1-4828-1474-3.