Possible Clues:

• Leader mentored by Gandhi
• India's P.M. No. 1
• Indian leader sworn in by Mountbatten
• India's first Prime Minister
• Beatles' jacket style
• Asian leader, man in vessel from the East
• Leaders of newly elected house rallied under this great nationalist
• Jawaharlal who was the longest-serving prime minister of India
• First P.M. of India
• Ex-PM's personnel caught in knees-up periodically