Career
During the early part of the 19th Century, Gangadhar"s father, Lakshmi Narayan Nehru, worked as a scribe in Delhi for the East India Company. Gangadhar was appointed the Kotwal (a rank similar to Chief of police) of Delhi in the court of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah World War II He was the last person to hold that post, as the institution was soon abolished as a result of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The daughters" marriages into suitable Kashmiri Brahmin families were arranged soon after their arrival in Agra.
Gangadhar"s eldest son, Bansi Dhar Nehru worked in the judicial department of the British Government and, being appointed successively to various places, was partly cut off from the rest of the family.
The second son, Nandlal, entered the service of an Indian State and was Diwan of Khetri State in Rajputana for ten years. Later he studied law and settled down as a practicing lawyer in Agra.