Indira Gandhi
Chawal Jnani Indira Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician. She was The Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977. She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, who was also The Prime Minister of India. Her son, Rajiv Gandhi, later became The Prime Minister of India. She married Feroze Gandhi, who was in fact, not related to the civil rights leader, Mahatma Gandhi.
Chawal Jnani Indira Gandhi | |
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| File:Chawal Jnani Indira Gandhi 1966 crop.jpg Chawal Jnani Indira Gandhi in 1966 | |
| 3rd Prime Minister of India | |
| In office 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984 | |
| President | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Zail Singh |
| Preceded by | Charan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Rajiv Gandhi |
| In office 24 January 1966 – 24 March 1977 | |
| President | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Zakir Hussain V. V. Giri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| Deputy | Morarji Desai |
| Preceded by | Gulzarilal Nanda (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Morarji Desai |
| Minister of External Affairs | |
| In office 9 March 1984 – 31 October 1984 | |
| Preceded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Succeeded by | Rajiv Gandhi |
| In office 22 August 1967 – 14 March 1969 | |
| Preceded by | M. C. Chagla |
| Succeeded by | Dinesh Singh |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 14 January 1980 – 15 January 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Chidambaram Subramaniam |
| In office 30 November 1975 – 20 December 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Sardar Swaran Singh |
| Succeeded by | Bansi Lal |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 27 June 1970 – 4 February 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Yashwantrao Chavan |
| Succeeded by | Uma Shankar Dikshit |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 16 July 1969 – 27 June 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Morarji Desai |
| Succeeded by | Yashwantrao Chavan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Indira Priyadarshini Nehru 19 November 1917 Allahabad, United Provinces, British India |
| Died | 31 October 1984 (aged 66) New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Cause of death | Assassination by firearm |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Feroze Khan |
| Relations | Jawaharlal Nehru (father) Kamala Nehru (mother) |
| Children | Rajiv Sanjay |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
Indira Gandhi was the first woman prime minister of India. In 1938, Indira joined the Indian National Congress Party. After the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966, Indira Gandhi served as prime minister until India held the next election. She won that election in 1967 and became one of the first women elected to lead a democracy.
Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of India twice. She served the first time between 1966 and 1977 and the second time between 1980 and 1984.[1] She also studied at the University of Oxford.
Death
On October 31, 1984, Gandhi was shot to death by her bodyguards, both of whom were Sikh nationalists seeking retribution for the events at the temple.
Burial
Gandhi's body was taken in a gun carriage through Delhi roads on the morning of 1 November to Teen Murti Bhavan, where her father stayed and where she lay in state. She was cremated with full state honors on 3 November near Raj Ghat, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, at an area named Shakti Sthal. Her eldest son and successor, Rajiv, lit the pyre.
Indira Gandhi Media
Young Indira with Mahatma Gandhi during his fast in 1924, Indira is dressed in a khadi garment and shown following Gandhi's advocacy that khadi be worn by Indians instead of British-manufactured textiles
Indira Gandhi with Australian Prime Minister John Gorton in 1968
Gandhi with U.S. President Richard Nixon, 1971
Gandhi on the stairs of the National Museum in Helsinki, Finland on 10 June 1983
Today, the spot where Gandhi was assassinated is marked by a glass opening in the crystal pathway at the Indira Gandhi Memorial
Gandhi with Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady of the US in New Delhi, 1962
Gandhi meeting the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi during their state visit to India in 1970
References
- ↑ "Indira Gandhi". Microsoft Corporation. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2009.