Gandhi, Indira

Gandhi, Indira ( 1917 – 84 )
Indian stateswoman, Prime Minister ( 1966 – 77 ; 1980 – 84 ). The daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru , she had already served as President of the Indian National Congress ( 1959 – 60 ) and Minister of Information ( 1964 ) when she succeeded Lal Bahadur Shastri ( 1904 – 66 ) as Prime Minister. In her first term of office she sought to establish a secular state and to lead India out of poverty. However, in 1975 she introduced an unpopular state of...

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