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Provide a short introduction of Indira Gandhi. |
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Answer» Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru. She had participated in the Indian Independence Movement as a youth worker within the INC. She was elected as the president of the INC in 1958 and was later appointed as a minister in 1964 in Shastri’s Central Government. After the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri, she became the Prime Minister of India and subsequently won the elections in 1967, 1971 and 1980. She has been credited with nationalization of banks, abolition of privy purses and leading India to victory in War of 1971 with Pakistan. Although, she has been criticized for extending the period of ‘Emergency’ in India. Indira Gandhi was assassinated in October 1984. |
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