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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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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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Indira Gandhi Questions
Can someone tell me how good/ok/bad the book 'India after Gandhi' by Ramachandra Guha is? 1 AnswerI have found the book to be very good. In fact, 20 out of 32 people who reviewed it on Amazon, gave it the top rating of five stars and nine gave it four st... read more
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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
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Question2Farhad: Indira Gandhi Canal Project is seeing hiccups why so? #WHSC2009
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@liyaqat Exactly. In same way as nothng hpnd(& nothing'l happen) to masterminds of 1984 shooting spree after Indira Gandhi's assn!
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Madhuri Dixit as Indira Gandhi http://is.gd/52iY7
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Reflections of the day: Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave - Indira Gandhi
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Question2Farhad: Indira Gandhi Canal Project is seeing hiccups why so? #WHSC2009
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@liyaqat Exactly. In same way as nothng hpnd(& nothing'l happen) to masterminds of 1984 shooting spree after Indira Gandhi's assn!
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Madhuri Dixit as Indira Gandhi http://is.gd/52iY7
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Reflections of the day: Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave - Indira Gandhi
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On Twitter Powered by Twitter
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Question2Farhad: Indira Gandhi Canal Project is seeing hiccups why so? #WHSC2009
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@liyaqat Exactly. In same way as nothng hpnd(& nothing'l happen) to masterminds of 1984 shooting spree after Indira Gandhi's assn!
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Madhuri Dixit as Indira Gandhi http://is.gd/52iY7
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Reflections of the day: Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave - Indira Gandhi
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