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Indira Gandhi


Born
in Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
November 19, 1917

Died
October 31, 1984

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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindustani: [ˈɪnːdɪrə ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi] ( listen); née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and central figure of the Indian National Congress party, and to date the only female Prime Minister of India. Indira Gandhi was the only child of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. She served as Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, making her the second-longest-serving Prime Minister after her father.

Gandhi served as her father's personal assistant and hostess during his tenure as prime minister between 1947 and 1964. She was elected Congress President in 1959. Upon her father's death in 1964, Gandhi refused to enter the Congress p
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Indira Gandhi: My Truth

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Remembered Moments - Some A...

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What I am, Indira Gandhi in...

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3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1986
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Eternal India

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3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1978 — 8 editions
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Indira Gandhi, Selected Say...

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Peoples and Problems

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Indira Gandhi, letters to a...

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ANAND BHAWAN MEMORIES

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My Truth

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Indira Gandhi on herself an...

2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1987
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“You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.”
Indira Gandhi

“My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people; those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.”
Indira Gandhi

“The power to question is the basis of all human progress.”
Indira Gandhi

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