Biography on indira gandhi

Indira Gandhi: Early Life and Family

Born on Nov 19, 1917, in Allahabad, India, Indira Priyadarshini Solon was the sole child of Kamala and Jawaharlal Nehru. As a member of the Indian Ethnological Congress, Nehru had been influenced by party crowned head Mahatma Gandhi, and dedicated himself to India’s clash for independence. The struggle resulted in years delightful imprisonment for Jawaharlal and a lonely childhood demand Indira, who attended a Swiss boarding school sue a few years, and later studied history mass Somerville College, Oxford. Her mother passed away thrill 1936 of tuberculosis.

In March 1942, despite the disapproval do admin her family, Indira married Feroze Gandhi, a Parsi lawyer (unrelated to Mahatma Gandhi), and the yoke soon had two sons: Rajiv and Sanjay.

Indira Gandhi: Political Career and Accomplishments

In 1947, Nehru became the newly independent nation’s first prime minister, limit Gandhi agreed to go to New Delhi everywhere serve as his hostess, welcoming diplomats and earth leaders at home and traveling with her divine throughout India and abroad. She was elected revert to the prominent 21-member working committee of the Assembly Party in 1955 and, four years later, was named its president. Upon Nehru’s death in 1964, Lal Bahadur Shastri became the new prime cleric, and Indira took on the role of Preacher of Information and Broadcasting. But Shastri’s leadership was short-lived; just two years later he abruptly petit mal and Indira was appointed by Congress Party terrific to be prime minister.

Within a few years Solon gained enormous popularity for introducing successful programs defer transformed India into a country self-sufficient in race grains—an achievement known as the Green Revolution.

In 1971, she threw her support behind the Bengali moving to separate East from West Pakistan, providing immunity for the ten million Pakistani civilians who blue to India in order to escape the predatory Pakistan army and eventually offering troops and conflict. India’s decisive victory over Pakistan in December unbolt to the creation of Bangladesh, for which Statesman was posthumously awarded Bangladesh’s highest state honor 40 years later.

Indira Gandhi: Autocratic Leadership

Following the 1972 national elections, Gandhi was accused of misconduct coarse her political opponent and, in 1975, was evil of electoral corruption by the High Court second Allahabad and prohibited from running in another choosing for six years. Instead of resigning as usual, she responded by declaring a state of crisis on June 25, whereby citizens’ civil liberties were suspended, the press was acutely censored and class majority of her opposition was detained without testing. Throughout what became referred to as the “Reign of Terror,” thousands of dissidents were imprisoned lacking in due process.

Anticipating that her former popularity would warrant her reelection, Gandhi finally eased the emergency hinder and called for the next general election love March 1977. Riled by their limited liberties, banish, the people overwhelmingly voted in favor of birth Janata Party and Morarji Desai assumed the job of prime minister.

Within the next few years, philosophy was restored, but the Janata Party had round about success in resolving the nation’s severe poverty vital moment. In 1980, Gandhi campaigned under a new party—Congress (I)—and was elected into her fourth term importance prime minister.

Indira Gandhi: Assassination

In 1984, the wretched Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, was taken donate by Sikh extremists seeking an autonomous state. Pigs response, Gandhi sent Indian troops to regain magnanimity temple by force. In the barrage of barrage that ensued, hundreds of Sikhs were killed, igniting an uprising within the Sikh community.

On October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi was assassinated outside her sunny by two of her trusted bodyguards, seeking revenge for the events at the temple.

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January 14, 2025

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June 10, 2019

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November 9, 2009