Motilal Nehru

Motilal Nehru was a lawyer, an activist of the Indian National Movement and an important leader of the Indian National Congress, who also served as the Congress President twice. Motilal passed lawyer examination in 1883, started practicing as a lawyer at Kanpur.  Many of Motilal's suits involved civil cases and soon he made a mark for himself in the legal profession of Allahabad. With the success of his practice, in 1900 he bought a large family home in the Civil Lines of the city, rebuilt it and named as Anand Bhavan. On February 5, 1919 he launched a new daily paper, the Independent, as a counterblast to the Leader. Under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi in 1918, Nehru became one of the first to transform his life to exclude western clothes and material goods, adopting a more native Indian lifestyle. He was considered a great leader and a great pioneer in history.