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'''Brijalal Nehru''' (5 May 1884 &ndash; 27 May 1964) was a noted [[Indian Civil Service|civil servant]] and member of the [[Nehru family]].<br />
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He was the son of Pandit [[Nandlal Nehru]] (the elder brother of [[Motilal Nehru]]) and the cousin of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. Nandlal Nehru was Diwan of [[Khetri]] State for 11 years.<ref name=jk>{{cite web|title=Prominent Kashmiris|url=http://www.kecss.org/prominent+kashmiris+people+mldhar.html|publisher=The Kashmir Education Culture & Science|accessdate=18 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613190919/http://www.kecss.org/prominent+kashmiris+people+mldhar.html|archive-date=13 June 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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Brijlal was born on 5 May 1884 in [[Allahabad]] and he grew up in [[Swaraj Bhavan|Anand Bhawan]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Two Alone, Two Together: Letters Between Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru |year=2004|page=xxii|isbn=9780143032458|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cwB7ebB8TK8C&q=brij+lal+nehru&pg=PR22|last=Brijlal|first=Sonia}}</ref> Brijlal had been sent to [[Oxford]] in 1905 to compete for the [[Indian Civil Service]] by Motilal Nehru.<ref>{{cite book|title=Nationalism, Education and Migrant Identities: The England-returned By Sumita Mukherjee|year=2009|page=41|isbn=9781135271138|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EdiOAgAAQBAJ&q=brij+lal+nehru&pg=PA41|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Sumita}}</ref> He was a senior officer of the Audit and Accounts Service. After his retirement, he served Finance Minister of [[Kashmir and Jammu (princely state)|Princely State of Jammu & Kashmir]] during reign of Maharaja [[Hari Singh]].<ref name=jk/><br />
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He was married to [[Rameshwari Raina]], a noted social and women activist and a freedom fighter and recipient of [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1955,<ref>''' '''{{cite web |title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref> Later she also won the [[Lenin Peace Prize]] in 1961.<ref>[[Vijay Prashad]], The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World, 53.</ref> <br />
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Their son was [[Braj Kumar Nehru]] (1909-2001), an administrator and [[Padma Vibhushan]] recipient.<ref name=rajbhavan>{{cite web|url=http://www.rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=66 |title=Governors of Gujarat: details of the life sketch of B.K. Nehru |publisher=Rajbhavan (Govt of India) |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref><br />
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Brijlal died on 27 May 1964, the same day on which his illustrious cousin died.<ref>[http://www.geni.com/people/Brij-Lal-Nehru/6000000010506679950 Brij Lal Nehru (c.1884 - 1964)]</ref><br />
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