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Mahathma Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Famous As: Former Prime Minister of India
Nationality: Indian
Religion: Hindu
Political Ideology: Indian National Congress
Born On: 19 November 1917 AD
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio Famous Scorpios
Born In: Allahabad
Died On: 31 October 1984 AD
Place Of Death: New Delhi
Father: Jawaharlal Nehru
Mother: Kamala Nehru
Spouse: Feroze Gandhi (m. 1942–1960)
Children: Rajiv Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi
Education: University of Oxford, Badminton School, Somerville College, Oxford, Visva-Bharati University
Works & Achievements: First Woman Prime Minister of India; Lenin Peace Prize (for 1983-1984)
Awards: 1971 - Bharat Ratna
- Jawaharlal Nehru Award
- Lenin Peace Prize
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[pic] [pic] [pic] Indira Gandhi was the first woman Prime Minister of India. Political thinkers, even today consider Gandhi as the most controversial Premier of the nation. She was so much interested and inclined towards the national politics that she had decided to stay with Prime Minister father in Delhi. Her husband, Feroze Gandhi stayed back in Allahabad. It was during her period in office, India was enveloped into "a state of emergency". In order to suppress the rising movement for a separate state called "Khalistan" Gandhi ordered the army to launch a manhunt inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The event was termed as the "Operation Blue-Star". She was accused of unfair treatment to the Sikhs and the anger was so intensified that on 31 October 1984, she was shot by two of her Sikh bodyguards. Indira Gandhi was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize (for 1983-84).
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Indira Gandhi was born in an aristocratic family of Nehru on 19 November, 1917, in Allahabad. Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru was a lawyer and also leader of the Indian Nationalist Movement. Indira's mother, Kamala, was a religious lady. It was reported that there was a huge difference between the lifestyle of Jawaharlal Nehru and his wife Kamala. The Nehrus,
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