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1. According to his Will Pt. Nehru wanted that when he should die, his body should be cremated. 

2. He wanted that a handful of his ashes should be thrown in the Ganga at Allahabad. He made it clear that it was only due to his intense love for the Ganga and the Jamuna since his childhood. 

3. He also wanted that the major portion of his ashes should be scattered over the fields of India, so that the ashes of his body should be mixed in the soil of India of which it was made.

The Ganga and the Jamuna meant a lot to Jawaharlal Nehru. He had been attached to them ever since his childhood. His attachment had grown with years. He had watched their changing moods with the change of seasons. They had been a source of great inspiration for him. Inspite of this his attachment to the Ganga was not religious. Nehru calls the Ganga ‘the river of India’ because it is loved by her people. The songs of India’s victories, defeats, racial memories, hopes and fears are interwoven round the Ganga. It is also a symbol of India’s age-long culture and civilization which have ever been changing and ever-flowing like the Ganga. The Ganga reminded Nehru of the snow-covered peaks and the deep valleys of the Himalayas which he loved so much and of the rich and vast plains below, where his life and work had been shaped.

The Ganga and the Jamuna meant a lot to Jawaharlal Nehru. He had been attached to them ever since his childhood. His attachment had grown with years. He had watched their changing moods with the change of seasons. They had been a source of great inspiration for him. Inspite of this his attachment to the Ganga was not religious. Nehru calls the Ganga ‘the river of India’ because it is loved by her people. The songs of India’s victories, defeats, racial memories, hopes and fears are interwoven round the Ganga. It is also a symbol of India’s age-long culture and civilization which have ever been changing and ever-flowing like the Ganga. The Ganga reminded Nehru of the snow-covered peaks and the deep valleys of the Himalayas which he loved so much and of the rich and vast plains below, where his life and work had been shaped.

1. The most precious gift that the author has received from his countrymen is their love and affection.

2. The affection of all classes of Indian people has overwhelmed the writer.

3. The author owes deeper debt of gratitude to his comrades and colleagues,because they had been joint partners in great works and in triumphs and sorrows.

4. The writer hopes that in the remaining years of his life he would not be unworthy of his people and their affection.

5. The writer desires that after his death his body should be cremated where he dies..

6. If the author dies in a foreign country, he wishes that his body should be cremated there and his ashes should be sent to Allahabad.

Nehru is anxious that India should get rid herself of all traditions and customs that bind, constrain and divide her people.

Nehru wrote his Will about ten years before he died. I know he wrote his Will on June 21, 1954 and he died on May 27, 1964.

Nehru’s friends and comrades worked shoulder to shoulder with him in great undertakings. They shared many joys and sorrows with him. So, Nehru felt a debt of gratitude towards them.