Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician. She was The Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977. She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, who was also The Prime Minister of India. Her son, Rajiv Gandhi, later became The Prime Minister of India. She married Feroze Gandhi, who was in fact, not related to the civil rights leader, Mahatma Gandhi.

Indira Gandhi
इंदिरा गांधी
Indira Gandhi c. 1983
3rd Prime Minister of India
In office 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984
President	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Zail Singh
Preceded by	Charan Singh
Succeeded by	Rajiv Gandhi
In office 24 January 1966 – 24 March 1977
President	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Zakir Hussain V. V. Giri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Deputy	Morarji Desai
Preceded by	Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
Succeeded by	Morarji Desai
Minister of External Affairs
In office 9 March 1984 – 31 October 1984
Preceded by	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Succeeded by	Rajiv Gandhi
In office 22 August 1967 – 14 March 1969
Preceded by	M. C. Chagla
Succeeded by	Dinesh Singh
Minister of Defence
In office 14 January 1980 – 15 January 1982
Preceded by	Chidambaram Subramaniam
In office 30 November 1975 – 20 December 1975
Preceded by	Sardar Swaran Singh
Succeeded by	Bansi Lal
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 27 June 1970 – 4 February 1973
Preceded by	Yashwantrao Chavan
Succeeded by	Uma Shankar Dikshit
Minister of Finance
In office 16 July 1969 – 27 June 1970
Preceded by	Morarji Desai
Succeeded by	Yashwantrao Chavan
Personal details
Born	Indira Priyadarshini Nehru (1917-11-19)19 November 1917 Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
Died	31 October 1984(1984-10-31) (aged 66) New Delhi, Delhi, India
Cause of death	Assassination by firearm
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Feroze Khan
Relations	Jawaharlal Nehru (father) Kamala Nehru (mother)
Children	Rajiv Sanjay
Alma mater	Somerville College, Oxford

Indira Gandhi was the first woman prime minister of India. In 1938, Indira joined the Indian National Congress Party. After the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966, Indira Gandhi served as prime minister until India held the next election. She won that election in 1967 and became one of the first women elected to lead a democracy.

Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of India twice. She served the first time between 1966 and 1977 and the second time between 1980 and 1984.^[1] She also studied at the University of Oxford.

Death

On October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi was shot to death by her bodyguards, both of whom were Sikh extremists seeking retribution for the events at the temple.

Burial

Gandhi's body was taken in a gun carriage through Delhi roads on the morning of 1 November to Teen Murti Bhavan, where her father stayed and where she lay in state. She was cremated with full state honors on 3 November near Raj Ghat, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, at an area named Shakti Sthal. Her eldest son and successor, Rajiv, lit the pyre.