Jawaharlal Nehru’s Mother Misidentified in Viral Childhood Photo
By Hazel Gandhi A childhood photo of Jawaharlal Nehru with his mother Swarup Rani is being shared while misidentifying her as a Muslim woman named Rahman Bai. BOOM found that the claims are false and the photo shows Nehru with his mother and Motilal Nehru's wife, Swarup Rani. The claims play into the baseless conspiracy theory that Nehru's father Motilal Nehru had five wives including Swarup Rani, one of them being Rahman Bai. The photo is viral with the text, "A YOUNG J L NEHRU WITH HIS MOTHER THUSSU RAHMAN BAI His mother was Thussu Rahman Bai (Motilal Nehru's second wife). Nehru's Grand Fath...