NEW DELHI: The nation on Monday remembered the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 49th death anniversary with senior leaders paying homage to him.<br /><br />President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi paid floral tributes to the departed leader at Shanti Van, his memorial on the banks of Yamuna here.<br /><br />Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and National Commission for Women chairperson Mamata Sharma also paid floral tributes.<br /><br />A large number of Congress workers and school children also paid homage to Nehru.<br /><br />Devotional songs were played and an all-religion prayer meeting was organised at the memorial.<br /><br />Nehru, who was born on November 14, 1889, died on May 27, 1964.
