Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi was the first lady Prime Minister of India. She was born on November 19, 1917 in her grandfather’s house in Allahabad. Her father’s name is Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India and her mother’s Kamala Nehru.
She studied at Shantiniketan. She also studied in England and Switzerland. In 1942 Indira and Feroze were married’.
In 1947 Indira became her father’s hostess as he leads India. Her upbringing had taught her much about freedom and struggle.
Now, at her father’s side she was to gain an education into the workings of a democracy and the realities of power. In 1959 she became congress president.
In 1964 her father died, his successor was Lal Bhadur Shartri. Indira Gandhi took over the information and broadcasting ministry.
In January 1966, when Shastriji died, Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India. She held the post for four terms in all, except for three years between 1977 to 1980.
Her life was part of the story of modern India. She was brutally assassinated by her own bodyguards on 31st October, 1984. She was sixty-four years old. No one ever doubted the courage of the remarkable woman who had sometimes been called “The Devi of India” and no one ever doubted that with her death a chapter of India’s history ended.
