English Essay on “A Funeral Procession” complete Paragraph and Speech for School, College Students, essay for Class 8, 9, 10, 12 and Graduation Classes.

A Funeral Procession

The death of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru was one of the darkest day in the current history of India. He died at New Delhi on May 28, 1964. He had just returned from Dehradun, when he had a heart attack.

The whole night the body of Jawahar Lal Nehru lay in state at his Teen Murti House and millions of people streamed through the hall to have his last darshan. Everybody was weeping and crying as if one has lost a near and dear one. In fact, some people did faint and even die.

The next day the body of Jawahar Lal Nehru was carried in a royal procession to Shantivana, near Raj Ghat, for cremation. Millions lined the route to have his last view as the procession streamed its way from Teen Murti to Shantivana via Connaught Place, Minto Bridge and Delhi Gate. Many Heads of States came from foreign countries to pay their respect to the great departed soul.

Then the ashes were collected. Only a portion of the ashes was carried to Allahabad for submergence with the water of the Ganga at the place where Jamuna meets the Ganga known as the Sangam or confluence of three rivers i.e. Ganga, Jamuna and the hidden river Saraswati, which is said to flow underground from the heaven,

Most of the ashes of Jawahar Lal Nehru were scattered all over India with the help of aeroplanes, because that was the will of Nehru. He wanted that his ashes should mix with the soil where the farmers ploughed the fields and becomes part and parcel of the heritage of India.