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	\| office = [[Kotwal]] of [[Delhi]]		\| office = [[Kotwal]] of [[Delhi]]
	\| monarch = [[Bahadur Shah II]]		\| monarch = [[Bahadur Shah II]]
	\| birth_date = {{~~birth year~~\|1827}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth-date\|23 September 1827}}
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1861\|2\|4\|1827\|~~df=y~~}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1861\|2\|4\|1827\|09\|23}}
	\| spouse = Jeorani Nehru		\| spouse = Jeorani Nehru
	\| parents = Laxmi Narain Nehru		\| parents = [[Laxmi Narain Nehru]]
	\| children = Bansidhar<br>[[Nandlal Nehru\|Nandlal]]<br>Patrani<br>Maharani<br>[[Motilal Nehru\|Motilal]]		\| children = Bansidhar<br>[[Nandlal Nehru\|Nandlal]]<br>Patrani<br>Maharani<br>[[Motilal Nehru\|Motilal]]
	\| relatives = See [[Nehru-Gandhi family]]		\| relatives = See [[Nehru-Gandhi family]]
	}}		}}

	'''Gangadhar Nehru''' (1827 ~~{{spaced ndash}}~~ 4 February 1861) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ police officer, who served as the last [[kotwal]] of [[Delhi]] (Chief of [[Police]]) in the court of the [[Mughal emperors\|Mughal]] emperor [[Bahadur Shah II]], before the position was abolished following the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].		'''Gangadhar Nehru''' (23 September 1827 - 4 February 1861) was an Indian police officer, who served as the last [[kotwal]] of [[Delhi]] (Chief of [[Police]]) in the court of the [[Mughal emperors\|Mughal]] emperor [[Bahadur Shah II]], before the position was abolished following the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].

	He was the father of Indian independence activist [[Motilal Nehru]] and grandfather of India's first [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], and thus part of the [[Nehru–Gandhi family]].<ref name="Navhind">{{cite news\|title=The Founder of the Nehru Dynasty\|url= http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/founder-nehru-dynasty\|newspaper=Navhind Times\|date=23 April 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125121055/http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/founder-nehru-dynasty\|archive-date=25 November 2013\|author=Phadnis, Shekhar\|access-date=17 November 2014}}</ref>		He was the father of Indian independence activist [[Motilal Nehru]] and grandfather of India's first [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], and thus part of the [[Nehru–Gandhi family]].<ref name="Navhind">{{cite news\|title=The Founder of the Nehru Dynasty\|url= http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/founder-nehru-dynasty\|newspaper=Navhind Times\|date=23 April 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125121055/http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/founder-nehru-dynasty\|archive-date=25 November 2013\|author=Phadnis, Shekhar\|access-date=17 November 2014}}</ref>

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	He was the father of Indian independence activist [[Motilal Nehru]] and grandfather of India's first [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], and thus part of the [[Nehru–Gandhi family]].<ref name="Navhind">{{cite news\|title=The Founder of the Nehru Dynasty\|url= http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/founder-nehru-dynasty\|newspaper=Navhind Times\|date=23 April 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125121055/http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/founder-nehru-dynasty\|archive-date=25 November 2013\|author=Phadnis, Shekhar\|access-date=17 November 2014}}</ref>		He was the father of Indian independence activist [[Motilal Nehru]] and grandfather of India's first [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], and thus part of the [[Nehru–Gandhi family]].<ref name="Navhind">{{cite news\|title=The Founder of the Nehru Dynasty\|url= http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/founder-nehru-dynasty\|newspaper=Navhind Times\|date=23 April 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125121055/http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/founder-nehru-dynasty\|archive-date=25 November 2013\|author=Phadnis, Shekhar\|access-date=17 November 2014}}</ref>
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	==Biography==		==Biography==
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	Gangadhar Nehru was appointed the [[Kotwal]] (a rank similar to [[Chief of police]]) of [[Delhi]] in the court of [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal emperor]] [[Bahadur Shah II]].<ref name=Sahgal>{{cite book\|last1=Sahgal\|first1=Manmohini Zutshi\|author-link1=Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal\|title=An Indian Freedom Fighter Recalls Her Life\|date=1994\|publisher=M.E. Sharpe\|isbn=9781563243394\|pages=3–4\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J3Wsf38G7uwC&pg=PA3&}}</ref> He was the last person to hold that post, as the institution was soon abolished as a result of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref name="DelhiPolice">{{cite web\|url=http://www.delhipolice.nic.in/home/history.htm\|title=History of Delhi Police\|publisher=Delhi Police\|access-date=17 November 2014}}</ref> Later when the British troops began shelling their way into the city, he fled to [[Agra]] along with his wife Jeorani and their four children (two teenage sons, Bansidhar and [[Nandlal Nehru\|Nandlal]], and two daughters, Patrani and Maharani). His youngest child, Motilal, was born posthumously, three months later.<ref name=san/><ref name="Rau1967">{{cite book\|last=Rau\|first=M. Chalapathi\|author-link=Manikonda Chalapathi Rau\|title=Nehru for Children\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmKzgMfl5vEC&pg=PA7\|year=1967\|publisher=Children's Book Trust\|isbn=978-81-7011-035-4\|page=7}}</ref>		Gangadhar Nehru was appointed the [[Kotwal]] (a rank similar to [[Chief of police]]) of [[Delhi]] in the court of [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal emperor]] [[Bahadur Shah II]].<ref name=Sahgal>{{cite book\|last1=Sahgal\|first1=Manmohini Zutshi\|author-link1=Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal\|title=An Indian Freedom Fighter Recalls Her Life\|date=1994\|publisher=M.E. Sharpe\|isbn=9781563243394\|pages=3–4\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J3Wsf38G7uwC&pg=PA3&}}</ref> He was the last person to hold that post, as the institution was soon abolished as a result of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref name="DelhiPolice">{{cite web\|url=http://www.delhipolice.nic.in/home/history.htm\|title=History of Delhi Police\|publisher=Delhi Police\|access-date=17 November 2014}}</ref> Later when the British troops began shelling their way into the city, he fled to [[Agra]] along with his wife Jeorani and their four children (two teenage sons, Bansidhar and [[Nandlal Nehru\|Nandlal]], and two daughters, Patrani and Maharani). His youngest child, Motilal, was born posthumously, three months later.<ref name=san/><ref name="Rau1967">{{cite book\|last=Rau\|first=M. Chalapathi\|author-link=Manikonda Chalapathi Rau\|title=Nehru for Children\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmKzgMfl5vEC&pg=PA7\|year=1967\|publisher=Children's Book Trust\|isbn=978-81-7011-035-4\|page=7}}</ref>

	Gangadhar's eldest son, Bansi Dhar Nehru worked in the judicial department of the British Government and, being appointed successively to various places, was partly cut off from the rest of the family. The second son, Nandlal, entered the service of an Indian State and was Diwan of [[Khetri]] State in [[Rajputana]] for ten years. Later he studied law and settled down as a ~~practicing~~ lawyer in Agra.<ref name=san>{{cite web\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117060351/http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/pandit_motilal_nehru.htm\| archive-date=17 November 2009\|url=http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/pandit_motilal_nehru.htm\|title=Pandit Motilal Nehru (1861-1931), President- Amritsar, 1919; Calcutta, 1928 \|website=Congress Sandesh\|publisher=Indian National Congress\|access-date=17 November 2014}}		Gangadhar's eldest son, Bansi Dhar Nehru worked in the judicial department of the British Government and, being appointed successively to various places, was partly cut off from the rest of the family. The second son, Nandlal, entered the service of an Indian State and was Diwan of [[Khetri]] State in [[Rajputana]] for ten years. Later he studied law and settled down as a practising lawyer in Agra.<ref name=san>{{cite web\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117060351/http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/pandit_motilal_nehru.htm\| archive-date=17 November 2009\|url=http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/pandit_motilal_nehru.htm\|title=Pandit Motilal Nehru (1861-1931), President- Amritsar, 1919; Calcutta, 1928 \|website=Congress Sandesh\|publisher=Indian National Congress\|access-date=17 November 2014}}

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	~~===Conspiracy theory===~~
	There is a [[conspiracy theory]] that Gangadhar Nehru's original name was Ghiyasuddin Ghazi. The theory originated after a series of vandal edits on the Wikipedia page that made its way to other websites.<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/truth-about-nehru-why-conspiracy-theorists-are-wrong-about-him/story-0fcHGicBnzGwu72Juw0dEO.html</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox officeholder
| office = [[Kotwal]] of [[Delhi]]
| monarch = [[Bahadur Shah II]]
| birth_date = {{birth year|1827}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1861|2|4|1827|df=y}}
| spouse = Jeorani Nehru
| parents = Laxmi Narain Nehru
| children = Bansidhar<br>[[Nandlal Nehru|Nandlal]]<br>Patrani<br>Maharani<br>[[Motilal Nehru|Motilal]]
| relatives = See [[Nehru-Gandhi family]]
}}

'''Gangadhar Nehru''' (1827 {{spaced ndash}} 4 February 1861) was an [[India]]n police officer, who served as the last [[kotwal]] of [[Delhi]] (Chief of [[Police]]) in the court of the [[Mughal emperors|Mughal]] emperor [[Bahadur Shah II]], before the position was abolished following the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].

He was the father of Indian independence activist [[Motilal Nehru]] and grandfather of India's first [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], and thus part of the [[Nehru–Gandhi family]].<ref name="Navhind">{{cite news|title=The Founder of the Nehru Dynasty|url= http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/founder-nehru-dynasty|newspaper=Navhind Times|date=23 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125121055/http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/founder-nehru-dynasty|archive-date=25 November 2013|author=Phadnis, Shekhar|access-date=17 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
During the early part of the 19th century, Gangadhar's father, Laxmi Narain Nehru, worked as a scribe in Delhi for the [[East India Company]].<ref name="Gupte2012">{{cite book|author=Pranay Gupte|title=Mother India: A Political Biography of Indira Gandhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOmK1lPWq80C&pg=PA139|date=February 2012|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306826-6|pages=138–139}}</ref>

Gangadhar Nehru was appointed the [[Kotwal]] (a rank similar to [[Chief of police]]) of [[Delhi]] in the court of [[Mughal Empire|Mughal emperor]] [[Bahadur Shah II]].<ref name=Sahgal>{{cite book|last1=Sahgal|first1=Manmohini Zutshi|author-link1=Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal|title=An Indian Freedom Fighter Recalls Her Life|date=1994|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=9781563243394|pages=3–4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J3Wsf38G7uwC&pg=PA3&}}</ref> He was the last person to hold that post, as the institution was soon abolished as a result of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref name="DelhiPolice">{{cite web|url=http://www.delhipolice.nic.in/home/history.htm|title=History of Delhi Police|publisher=Delhi Police|access-date=17 November 2014}}</ref> Later when the British troops began shelling their way into the city, he fled to [[Agra]] along with his wife Jeorani and their four children (two teenage sons, Bansidhar and [[Nandlal Nehru|Nandlal]], and two daughters, Patrani and Maharani). His youngest child, Motilal, was born posthumously, three months later.<ref name=san/><ref name="Rau1967">{{cite book|last=Rau|first=M. Chalapathi|author-link=Manikonda Chalapathi Rau|title=Nehru for Children|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmKzgMfl5vEC&pg=PA7|year=1967|publisher=Children's Book Trust|isbn=978-81-7011-035-4|page=7}}</ref>

Gangadhar's eldest son, Bansi Dhar Nehru worked in the judicial department of the British Government and, being appointed successively to various places, was partly cut off from the rest of the family. The second son, Nandlal, entered the service of an Indian State and was Diwan of [[Khetri]] State in [[Rajputana]] for ten years. Later he studied law and settled down as a practicing lawyer in Agra.<ref name=san>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117060351/http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/pandit_motilal_nehru.htm| archive-date=17 November 2009|url=http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/pandit_motilal_nehru.htm|title=Pandit Motilal Nehru (1861-1931), President- Amritsar, 1919; Calcutta, 1928 |website=Congress Sandesh|publisher=Indian National Congress|access-date=17 November 2014}}

</ref>
===Conspiracy theory===
There is a [[conspiracy theory]] that Gangadhar Nehru's original name was Ghiyasuddin Ghazi. The theory originated after a series of vandal edits on the Wikipedia page that made its way to other websites.<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/truth-about-nehru-why-conspiracy-theorists-are-wrong-about-him/story-0fcHGicBnzGwu72Juw0dEO.html</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian police officers]]
[[Category:Kashmiri people]]
[[Category:Delhi Police]]
[[Category:Nehru–Gandhi family]]
[[Category:Indian people of the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
[[Category:1827 births]]
[[Category:1861 deaths]]
[[Category:Mughal Empire people]]