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Indira Gandhi was the first female Prime Minister of India. She was in office for three consecutive terms between 1966 to 1977 and for also won a fourth term which went from 1980 until she was assassinated in 1984. Indira grew up within the powerful political Nehru Dynasty and her father Jawaharlal Nehru was a pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement. In 1984 Gandhi was killed within her own palace, by her own Sikhs guards.
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- Born: November 19, 1917
- Died: October 31, 1984
- Daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru
- Married: Feroze Gandhi
- First Female prime minister of India
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -- Indira Gandhi
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RT @Attiken: You must learn to be still in the midst of activity & to be vibrantly alive in repose. -Indira Gandhi
@SamirSelmanovic | November 14, 2009 08:32 PM -
Very tempted to buy @pranaygupte's biography of Indira Gandhi but didn't. Have read quite a bit this month and travelling next week.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -- Indira Gandhi
@webgeekcom | November 14, 2009 08:45 PM -
RT @Attiken: You must learn to be still in the midst of activity & to be vibrantly alive in repose. -Indira Gandhi
@SamirSelmanovic | November 14, 2009 08:32 PM -
Very tempted to buy @pranaygupte's biography of Indira Gandhi but didn't. Have read quite a bit this month and travelling next week.
@aayushsoni | November 14, 2009 06:23 PM -
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 Octobe Gandhi. http://bit.ly/JJNYS
@rashminayar | November 14, 2009 06:09 PM -
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984Gandhi. http://bit.ly/JJNYS
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As head of the prime minister's secretariat under Indira Gandhi, P. N. Dhar witnessed and participated in some of the major decisions made by Mrs. Gandhi, most notably the controversial 'Emergency', the merger of Sikkim with India, the Bang...
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Indira Gandhi, the "Emergency", and Indian Democracy - $21.95
As head of the prime minister's secretariat under Indira Gandhi, P. N. Dhar witnessed and participated in some of the major decisions made by Mrs. Gandhi, most notably the controversial 'Emergency', the merger of Sikkim with India, the Bang...
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Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi - $35.00
On the morning of October 31, 1984, as she walked through her garden, smiling, with hands raised and palms pressed together in the traditional Indian namaste greeting, Indira Nehru Gandhi was assassinated by her own bodyguards. She died as ...
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -- Indira Gandhi
@webgeekcom | November 14, 2009 08:45 PM -
RT @Attiken: You must learn to be still in the midst of activity & to be vibrantly alive in repose. -Indira Gandhi
@SamirSelmanovic | November 14, 2009 08:32 PM -
Very tempted to buy @pranaygupte's biography of Indira Gandhi but didn't. Have read quite a bit this month and travelling next week.
@aayushsoni | November 14, 2009 06:23 PM -
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 Octobe Gandhi. http://bit.ly/JJNYS
@rashminayar | November 14, 2009 06:09 PM -
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984Gandhi. http://bit.ly/JJNYS
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Indira Gandhi, the "Emergency", and Indian Democracy - $21.95
As head of the prime minister's secretariat under Indira Gandhi, P. N. Dhar witnessed and participated in some of the major decisions made by Mrs. Gandhi, most notably the controversial 'Emergency', the merger of Sikkim with India, the Bang...
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Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi - $35.00
On the morning of October 31, 1984, as she walked through her garden, smiling, with hands raised and palms pressed together in the traditional Indian namaste greeting, Indira Nehru Gandhi was assassinated by her own bodyguards. She died as ...
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Indira Gandhi Timeline
- 1917: November 19, Indira Priyadarshini is born
- 1930: Indira helps found the Vanara Sena
- 1936: Indira's mother, Kamala Nehru dies of tuberculosis
- 1942: Indira Priyadarshini marries Feroze Gandhi
- 1944: May 21, Gives birth to Rajiv Gandhi
- 1946: December 14, Gives birth to Sanjay Gandhi
- 1960: September 8, Feroze Gandhi dies
- 1966: Indira Gandhi is elected as the first female Prime Minister of India
- 1966-1970: Indira initiates agricultural reforms, known as the Green Revolution
- 1971: Gandhi runs for reelection under the Garibi Hatao campaign
- 1974: After years of nuclear development, the Smiling Buddha is detonated
- 1975: June 12, Gandhi's reelection deemed invalid due to electoral malpractice; She files an appeal
- 1975: June 13, Riots break out in opposition of Gandhi's appeal
- 1975: June 26, Gandhi attempts to arrest her opposition
- 1975: June 26, President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed declares a state of emergency
- 1975: Gandhi regains her position and rules by decree for 18 months
- 1977: Gandhi calls for elections, looses office
- 1977: Choudhary Charan Singh orders the arrest of Indira Gandhi
- 1980: Using her arrest as leverage, Gandhi is reelected
- 1983: Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize
- 1981: September, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a Sikh separatist, takes position in the Golden Temple
- 1981: In spite of the presence of large number of civilians, Gandhi orders troops to flush out Bhindranwale
- 1984: June 1-June 6, Gandhi initiates Operation Blue Star, a campaign against Sikh separatists
- 1984: October 31, Two of Gandhi's bodyguards, both Sikhs, assassinate her in her residence
