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.

• 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