Indira Gandhi's Biography
Indira Gandhi’s biography
Indira Gandhi was born on the 19th of November in 1917 in Allahabad. She was part of the Nehru Family. Indira Gandhi's dad was Jawaharlal Nehru and her mom was Kamla Nehru. Her grandfather, Motilal Nehru, was a Indian nationalist leader. Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was a important person in the independent movement of India.
In 1934–35, after finishing school, Indira went to Shantiniketan, a school invented by Rabindranath Tagore. Then, she went to England and sat for the University of Oxford entrance examination, but she failed.Then spent a few months at Badminton School in Bristol, before passing the test, and going to Somerville College, Oxford where she never finished. Khushwant Singh, one of her friends, said that she felt uncomfortable around educated people because she had no real education.
When she was in the UK, she Dated Feroze Gandhi, she knew him from Allahabad, and he was learning at the London School of Economics. The marriage was in Allahabad.She went back to India in 1941. In the 1950s, she worked for her father as a personal assistant while he was serving his fist term of Prime Minister of India. After her father died in 1964 she was a member of the Rajya Sabha (upper house) and became a member of Lal Bahadur Shastri's cabinet as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. The Congress Party President K. Kamaraj was helpful in making Indira Gandhi the Prime Minister. Gandhi then showed she could win elections and outsmart others. She led India as Prime Minister during the win of East Pakistan over Pakistan in 1971 war and creation of an independent Bangladesh. She imposed a state of emergency in 1975. Congress Party and Indira Gandhi herself lost the next general election for the first time in 1977.
Indira Gandhi led the Congress back to victory in 1980 elections and Gandhi resumed the office of the Prime Minister. In June 1984, under Gandhi's order, the Indian army attacked the Golden Temple, the most sacred
Indira Gandhi was born on the 19th of November in 1917 in Allahabad. She was part of the Nehru Family. Indira Gandhi's dad was Jawaharlal Nehru and her mom was Kamla Nehru. Her grandfather, Motilal Nehru, was a Indian nationalist leader. Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was a important person in the independent movement of India.
In 1934–35, after finishing school, Indira went to Shantiniketan, a school invented by Rabindranath Tagore. Then, she went to England and sat for the University of Oxford entrance examination, but she failed.Then spent a few months at Badminton School in Bristol, before passing the test, and going to Somerville College, Oxford where she never finished. Khushwant Singh, one of her friends, said that she felt uncomfortable around educated people because she had no real education.
When she was in the UK, she Dated Feroze Gandhi, she knew him from Allahabad, and he was learning at the London School of Economics. The marriage was in Allahabad.She went back to India in 1941. In the 1950s, she worked for her father as a personal assistant while he was serving his fist term of Prime Minister of India. After her father died in 1964 she was a member of the Rajya Sabha (upper house) and became a member of Lal Bahadur Shastri's cabinet as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. The Congress Party President K. Kamaraj was helpful in making Indira Gandhi the Prime Minister. Gandhi then showed she could win elections and outsmart others. She led India as Prime Minister during the win of East Pakistan over Pakistan in 1971 war and creation of an independent Bangladesh. She imposed a state of emergency in 1975. Congress Party and Indira Gandhi herself lost the next general election for the first time in 1977.
Indira Gandhi led the Congress back to victory in 1980 elections and Gandhi resumed the office of the Prime Minister. In June 1984, under Gandhi's order, the Indian army attacked the Golden Temple, the most sacred