Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week, a viral video making claims about Jawaharlal Nehru's alleged London citizenship is being rapidly circulated across social media.
In the video, with a duration of 52 seconds, Jawaharlal Nehru can be seen attending an event hosted by London's Common Council, the primary decision-making body of the city. In the video, we can hear a man saying to Nehru, "It is my privilege as Chamberlain of this city to offer you both the right hand of fellowship and greet you, Mr Nehru, as a citizen of London."
The video is viral with the following caption, "𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝗵𝗿𝘂 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 & 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱?"
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝗵𝗿𝘂 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 & 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 ? pic.twitter.com/HHdlVFDcoy
— 𝗔𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗺𝗶 (@TheRudra1008)
The video is viral with similar captions as well.
"In 1956, Nehru took citizenship of London & took an oath to be true to the Queen Elizabeth."
In 1956, Nehru took citizenship of London & took oath to be true to the Queen Elizabeth pic.twitter.com/y7dnlcbIF3
— Flt Lt Anoop Verma (Retd.) (@FltLtAnoopVerma)
The video is viral across Facebook with the same claim.
The Logical Indian fact-check team verified the claim and found it to be false. We found that the video showed a ceremony of the Freedom of the City of London award being bestowed on Nehru. The honour is...
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