Jawaharlal Nehru and Niels Bohr.
| Nummer | B409 |
| Type | Billeder |
| Beskrivelse | Jawaharlal Nehru and Niels Bohr at the Risø research facility, Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark. |
| Bemærkning | Pandit. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 1964) was an Indian politician and Prime Minister of India (1947 – 1964). At the age of fifteen, he went to England and after two years at Harrow, joined Cambridge University where he took his tripos in Natural Sciences. He was later called to the Bar from Inner Temple. He returned to India in 1912. In India, he was inevitably drawn into the struggle for independence.
He became Secretary of the Home Rule League 1919. In 1916 he had his first meeting with Mahatma Gandhi and felt immensely inspired by him. He was twice imprisoned in connection with the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920-22. Pt. Nehru became the General Secretary of the All-India Congress Committee in September 1923. In 1926, Nehru was instrumental in committing the Congress to the goal of Independence. In 1928 he founded the ‘Independence for India League’, which advocated complete severance of the British connection with India, becoming its General Secretary. In 1929, Pt. Nehru was elected President of the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress, where complete independence for the country was adopted as the goal. He took office as the Prime Minister of an independent India on 15 August 1947. Located on the peninsula Risø in Roskilde Fjord 7 km north of the historic town of Roskilde and 40 km west of Copenhagen. The buildings on Risø Campus are located in groups on a stunningly beautiful 262 hectare site. Main architects were Preben Hansen and Paul Nieport who designed the one-story standard buildings. An avenue of poplars line DTU Risø Campus’ ‘main street’ which runs from the entrance close to the highway to the head of the peninsula. The avenue was laid out in 1957 by the Danish landscape architects C.Th. Sørensen - the most celebrated landscape architect of his time. Risø’s history dates back to the mid-1950s when the world-renowned physicist Niels Bohr played a major role in creating the “Research Establishment Risø”- one of the largest single investments ever made in Danish research. The intention was to realize Niels Bohr’s vision of the peaceful use of nuclear energy for electricity production and other purposes. Risø was inaugurated on 6 June 1958. For the first 30 years, research was focused on providing a secure and stable supply of energy. From the mid-1980s, the agenda changed and nuclear power was no longer included in the Danish energy policy and security of supply was no longer the only objective. Research increasingly focused on finding sustainable supplies of energy, which could ultimately meet global needs and provide opportunities for Danish industry. |
| Årstal | 1957 |
| Fotograf | Ukendt |
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| Arkiv | Niels Bohr Archive |
