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Who was Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

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Who was Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi was India’s third prime minister and the only women prime minister of India till date. She is considered by many to be the strongest Prime Minister India has ever seen. Gandhi belonged to the Indian National Congress and was elected as the PM for the first time in 1966 after Lal Bahadur Shastri died in office.
 
Indira Gandhi was the second longest-serving prime minister after India’s first prime minister and her father Jawaharlal Nehru. She served from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination by her bodyguards in 1984.
 
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Rahul Gandhi aside, these high-profile leaders faced disqualification

A number of top political leaders have been disqualified from Parliament or Assembly upon conviction. Here are a few of them

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Updated On : 27 Mar 2023 | 5:34 PM IST

The return of an old mindset

If Mrs Gandhi were here today, there is much about current Indian attitudes that she would find familiar

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Updated On : 23 Feb 2023 | 9:46 PM IST

From Thatcher to Diana, Indira Gandhi, and more: BBC's troubled history

More recently, in 2008, BBC came into controversy for fake footage of child labour in cloth workshop in Bengaluru

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Updated On : 16 Feb 2023 | 5:26 PM IST

Indira let Bhindranwale become Frankenstein monster: Blue Star commander

Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had allowed militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale to grow into a sort of Frankenstein monster and decided to finish him off when he reached the pinnacle

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Updated On : 31 Jan 2023 | 10:36 AM IST

An illusion that divides

Every debate is recast in left vs right terms in the urban mindscape, but it is hard to tell one from the other

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Updated On : 26 Jan 2023 | 9:57 PM IST

Just because institutions have power to do something, should they do it?

The real problem is not that govts behave badly. It's that they can behave badly. There are virtually no constitutional restrictions on their conduct

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Updated On : 21 Jan 2023 | 11:28 AM IST

General elections 2024: The BJP chief has his task cut out for him

Unemployment, a general decline in incomes, and high food, health and medical bills are not good auguries for the party

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Updated On : 18 Jan 2023 | 10:57 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi visits memorials of former Prime Ministers, Mahatma Gandhi

He visited Veer Bhumi, Shakti Sthal and Shanti Van, the memorials of former prime ministers Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru

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Updated On : 26 Dec 2022 | 10:14 AM IST

Former PM Indira Gandhi gave new direction to India's development: HP CM

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday paid his tributes to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum in New Delhi

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Updated On : 25 Dec 2022 | 9:23 PM IST

Indira Gandhi left indelible imprint on the country, says Sonia Gandhi

There was an unchanging core to Indira Gandhi's personality including fierce commitment to an all-inclusive patriotism, staunch secularism; indomitable courage and fortitude and empathy for the poor

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Updated On : 20 Nov 2022 | 7:06 AM IST

Congress leaders pay tributes to Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary

Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, paid tributes to his grandmother Indira Gandhi during his ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Maharashtra.

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2022 | 11:53 AM IST

Congress pays tributes to former PM Indira Gandhi on death anniversary

The Congress on Monday paid tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary, with Rahul Gandhi saying he is carrying her love and values in his heart

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Updated On : 31 Oct 2022 | 12:24 PM IST

IGNOU TEE 2022: Tentative date sheet released, exams to begin from Dec 2

Candidates who are to appear for the term-end examination can check the full schedule at the official IGNOU website - ignou.ac.in

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Updated On : 07 Oct 2022 | 10:25 PM IST

Hot water: A chronology of Punjab, Haryana's Sutlej-Yamuna Link dispute

The 214-km long Satluj Yamuna Link is meant to share the Ravi and Beas rivers: an arrangement eluding solution for decades

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Updated On : 14 Sep 2022 | 9:32 AM IST

What the doctor saw

What is striking is how discreet Dr Mathur has been in regard to Mrs Gandhi's health. He could easily have written a completely different book 30 years after her death. But he didn't

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Updated On : 01 Aug 2022 | 10:56 PM IST

Letter to the Editor: Indira Gandhi dynasty not Nehru/Gandhi

If Shastri had not passed away in Tashkent he may well have been Prime Minister for two terms

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Updated On : 23 May 2022 | 7:29 PM IST

Many lives: Actor & entrepreneur Lara Dutta Bhupathi is a woman on the go

Having launched Arias three years ago, 'after two years of R&D', she is determined to make a dent as the go-to, affordable, quality Indian brand in a very competitive segment

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Updated On : 02 Apr 2022 | 6:05 AM IST

Going solo in a waltz

In her biography of Rahul Bajaj, Gita Piramal writes how Indira Gandhi proved to be a game changer in India's two-wheeler story and why Bajaj chose to go it alone

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Updated On : 21 Mar 2022 | 2:20 AM IST

Indira Gandhi took 32 bullets but ignored on 1971 War anniversary: Rahul

He also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that demonetisation and the GST were the "tools of capitalists"

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Updated On : 16 Dec 2021 | 7:42 PM IST

Survival of the friendliest: One of India's transformations under Modi

The concept is relevant in an India where hate speech flourishes, where legislated and street violence can be unleashed against a chosen community, or those too weak to resist, writes T N Ninan

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2021 | 7:07 PM IST