INDIRA PRIYADARSHINI GANDHI

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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi

Birth: 19 Nov. 1917

Death: 31 Oct 1984

Father: Jawaher lal nehru

Mother :Kamala Nehru

Achievement : First Indian women PM

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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.

PARENTS OF INDIRA GANDHI

Pt. Jawaher lal nehru Kamala Nehru

SHE WAS BORN ON19 NOV. 1917

Indira Gandhi had a lonely childhood, with some of her most vivid remembrances being the entry into her home of British policemen. As her parents did not want to send her to any of the British schools in India, Indira Gandhi's education took place at a series of Indian schools and at non-British schools in Europe, with a number of private tutorials interspersed between periods at school.

HER HER CHILDHOODCHILDHOOD

SHE SPEND HER CHILDHOOD IN BETWEEN WITH SOME GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTERS

IN 1934–35, AFTER FINISHING SCHOOL, INDIRA JOINED SHANTINIKETAN, A SCHOOL SET UP BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE, WHO GAVE HER THE NAME PRIYADARSHINI

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While studying at Somerville College, University of Oxford, England, during the late 1930s, she became a member of the radical pro-independence London based India League.

SHE MARRIED WITH FIROJ GANDHI IN 26 MAR 1942 IN ANAND BHAWAN AT ALLAHABAD

INDIRA AND FIROJ BOTH WERE MEMBER OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, AND WHEN THEY TOOK PART IN THE QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT IN 1942, THEY WERE BOTH ARRESTED.

SHE BECAME FIRST LADY PM OF INDIA IN 14 JANUARY 1980 – 31 OCTOBER 1984

INDIRA WITH HER FAMILY

INDIRA WITH HER GRANDSON

INDIRA AT INDEPENDENT DAY 1971

INDIRA LIFE IN PHOTO

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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi

She died on 31 Oct 1984

Indira Gandhi was on her way to be interviewed by the British actor Peter Ustinov, who was filming a documentary for Irish television. She was walking through the garden of the Prime Minister's Residence at No. 1, Safdarjung Road in New Delhi. As she passed a wicket gate guarded by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, they opened fire. Beant Singh fired three rounds into her from his side-arm, and Satwant Singh then fired 30 rounds from his sten gun into her prostrate body. Beant Singh was shot dead by other bodyguards at the scene of the assassination. Satwant Singh was arrested by Gandhi's other bodyguards.