INDIRA PRIVADARSHINI HANDY´SBIOGRAPHY

Father: Jawaharlal Nehru and her mother was Kamala Nehru.

Born: 19th November 1917

Birthplace: Allahabad, India

Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991)

succeeded her as India's prime

minister in 1984. Rajiv was killed by a

bomb in 1991

FAMILY LIFE

Her son Sanjay Gandhi (1946-

1980)

Minister of Information and

Broadcasting. (1964)

Prime Minister in 1966-1977 and 1980-1984

She stablished major reforms, including a strict

population-control program.

Special agricultural innovation programs

A national nuclear program was started by

Gandhi in 1967, On 31 October 1984, two of Gandhi's Sikh bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh,

assassinated her with their service weapons in the garden of the Prime

Minister's residence.

She married Feroze Gandhi (1942-60)

PROFESSIONAL LIFE

Her son Sanjay Gandhi (1946-

1980) before he was killed in an

airplane

She studie In India at Oxford University

The Indira Awaas Yojana, a programme of the central

government to provide low-cost housing to rural poor, is named

after her.

The Green Revolution

INDIRA GANDHI´S QUOTES

"Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave."

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."

"Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning."

"Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic."

"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose."

"There are two kinds of people: Those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group because there is less competition there."

INDIRA GANDHI

woman who was the first Prime Minister in India, and an influential leader; in a prevalently male-dominated society, Indira Gandhi is a symbol of feminism in India. As per economic surveys, when Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister, 65% of the country's population was below the poverty line, and when her regime ended in 1984, this figure was 45%. During her rule, food production increased by 25%. Literacy also increased in India by 30%.