Motilal Nehru was born on May 6, 1861, after the death of Gangadhar Nehru and his wife Indrani. The Nehru family had been living in Delhi for generations, and Gangadhar Nehru was a Kotwal in that city. During India's freedom struggle of 1857, Gangadhar left Delhi with his family and moved to Agra, where some of his relatives lived. By some accounts, the Nehru family's house in Delhi was looted after. In Agra, Gangadhar got his two daughters, Patrani and Maharani's weddings, to Kashmiri Brahmin families. He passed away on February 4, 1861, and his youngest child Motilal was born three months later.
At this time, Motilal's two elder brothers, Bansidhar Nehru (b. 1842) and Nandlal Nehru (b. 1845), were nineteen and sixteen years old respectively. Since the family lost almost all their assets in the turmoil of 1857, Jiyarani turned to Amarnath jutshi of bazaar Sitaram in her brother, Old Delhi, until her sons could start earning. She had received some help from him, but during the recent revolt, all the people of Delhi suffered a lot and the assistance could not be done in the open. Within a few years, Nandlal took up a clerk's job in the court of a king in Khetri and started supporting his mother and brother.
Thus, Motilal spends his childhood in Khetri, the second-largest hideout (feudal property) within the Jaipur state, now in Rajasthan. His elder brother, Nandlal, received the side of King Fateh Singh of Khetri, who was of the same age as him and grew up for the title of Diwan (Chief Minister; Effectively Manager). In 1870, Fateh Singh became childless and succeeded by a distant cousin who had little use for his predecessor confidants. Nandlal left Khetri for Agra and found that his former career in Khetri equipped him to advise him about the cases. Once they realized this, they demonstrated their industry and resilience to re-study and pass the necessary examinations so that they could practice law in British colonial courts. He then started practicing law in the Provincial High Court in Agra. Thereafter, the High Court shifted The Aadhaar to Allahabad, and the family (including Motilal) moved to that city.
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